籍贯

Traditional form:

籍貫

Pinyin (reading):

jíguàn

Definitions:

• one's native place
• place of ancestry
• registered birthplace

Characters:

• 籍 - register, record, list, census
• 贯 - to pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins

Traditional characters:

• 籍 - register, record, list, census
• 貫 - to pierce, to string up; a string of 1000 coins