籍贯 jíguàn one's ancestral home
one's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
How to remember 籍贯: 籍 register + 贯 to pierce = one's ancestral home.
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How it is used
- One's ancestral hometown / registered place of family origin - 籍贯广东 (jíguàn Guǎngdōng) ancestral home in Guangdong.
- A fixed field on official forms and IDs, inherited patrilineally; not necessarily where you were born or live.
- Distinguish from 出生地 (birthplace) and 户籍 (household registration/hukou).