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Mythic Mandarin

老家 (lǎo jiā): meaning and stroke order

老家 (lǎo jiā) means native place, place of origin, home state or region.

老家

Simplified
老家
Traditional
老家 (same form)
Pinyin
lǎo jiā

Stroke order of 老家

老

  • lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity; old (of people)
  • 6 strokes

Stroke by stroke

家

  • jiā used in 傢伙|家伙[jia1 huo5] and 傢俱|家俱[jia1 ju4]
  • jiā home; family
  • 10 strokes
  • Traditional form: 傢

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 老家

  1. lǎo jiā
    • native place
    • place of origin
    • home state or region

Radicals of the characters

老
Radical 老 (Kangxi radical 125) · 6 strokes · 耂 on top, 匕 below
家
Radical 宀 (Kangxi radical 40) · 10 strokes · 宀 on top, 豕 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

老家 in our stories

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  • 大学毕业以后，蒋悦离开了老家，一个人到成都工作。

    dàxué bìyè yǐhòu Jiǎng Yuè líkāi le lǎojiā yí gè rén dào Chéngdū gōngzuò

    After graduating, Jiang Yue left her hometown and went to Chengdu alone to work.

    From the story No chilli, please HSK 4

  • 于航带苏菲回老家过春节的时候，心里一直七上八下。

    Yú Háng dài Sūfēi huí lǎojiā guò Chūnjié de shíhou xīnli yìzhí qīshàng-bāxià

    When Yu Hang took Sophie home for the Spring Festival, he was on edge the whole time.

    From the story An old bracelet HSK 6

  • 去年春节，她回国探亲。在老家的饭桌上，亲戚们问她：“什么时候回来定居？”

    qùnián Chūnjié tā huí guó tànqīn zài lǎojiā de fànzhuō shàng qīnqi men wèn tā shénme shíhou huílai dìngjū

    Last Spring Festival she went back to China to see her family. At the dinner table in her hometown, relatives asked, "When are you coming back for good?"

    From the story Two homes HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 老家

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).