祖籍
zǔ jí · HSK 7
ancestral hometown
🌳🏠 祖 = ancestor + 籍 = register/record; the registered ancestral home
祖 zǔ means ancestor or forefather; 籍 jí means a register or record (as in 户籍 household registration). Together: the ancestral place your family records trace back to — your roots on paper.