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Meaning

(surname); record; register; native place

Chinese: 籍贯、书籍、登记册。

Hear the Four Tones

The same syllable “ji” becomes a different word in each tone. 籍 is the 2nd tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.

Stroke Order

Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.

Common Words

  • 国籍guó jínationality
  • 书籍shū jíbooks; works
  • 籍贯jí guànone's ancestral home (registered place of family origin, typically inherited patrilineally and recorded in official documents)
  • 外籍wài jíforeign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
  • 祖籍zǔ jíancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)

Example Sentence

请填写你的姓名和籍贯。Qǐng tián xiě nǐ de xìng míng hé jí guàn.Please fill in your name and place of origin.

Qǐngto ask填写tián xiěto fill in a formyoudeofxìngfamily namemíngnameand(bound form) bookguànto pierce through