祖 zǔ
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 礻 — spirit
- Made of
- 礻 spirit 且 moreover, also (post-subject)
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
祖籍
zǔjí
ancestral home; place of origin
Characters in this word
籍 jí
- Strokes
- 20
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 耤 to plow
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他的祖籍在福建，但成长经历已经使他形成了多重身份认同。 Tā de zǔjí zài Fújiàn, dàn chéngzhǎng jīnglì yǐjīng shǐ tā xíngchéng le duōchóng shēnfèn rèntóng. His ancestral home is in Fujian, but his upbringing has already given him a layered sense of identity.
- 我问爷爷我们的祖籍在哪里，他说在山东。 Wǒ wèn yéye wǒmen de zǔjí zài nǎli, tā shuō zài Shāndōng. I asked grandpa where our ancestral home was, and he said it was in Shandong.
- 他祖籍在北京，却在南方出生长大。 Tā zǔjí zài Běijīng, què zài nánfāng chūshēng zhǎngdà. His ancestral home is in Beijing, but he was born and raised in the south.
Related words
- 祖国 zǔguó motherland
- 祖先 zǔxiān ancestors
- 祖传 zǔchuán handed down from ancestors; hereditary
- 祖父 zǔfù paternal grandfather; grandfather
- 祖母 zǔmǔ grandmother; paternal grandmother
- 祖宗 zǔzong ancestors; forebears
- 国籍 guójí nationality; citizenship
- 书籍 shūjí books
- 古籍 gǔjí ancient books; classical texts
- 籍贯 jíguàn ancestral/native place
- 外籍 wàijí foreign; of foreign nationality
- 血缘 xuèyuán blood relationship; consanguinity