老家
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)
老家 (lǎojiā) · hometown
老家 (lǎojiā) means “hometown; home village”. It is written with 2 characters: 老 (old) + 家 (home). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 老家 is built
The characters
老 lǎo · old
What 老 is made of
- 耂lǎo — old
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 土tǔ — earth
- 匕bǐ — spoon
- 乚 — hook stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: A person bent over with long hair 匕 and a crutch; compare 耂 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
家 jiā · home
What 家 is made of
- 宀 — roof
- 丶 — dot
- 冖mì — cover
- 豕shǐ — pig
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 勿wù — must not
- 勹bāo — wrap shape
- 丿 — falling stroke
- 丿 — falling stroke
Origin hint: 宀 gives the meaning, 豕 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我老家在南方。Wǒ lǎojiā zài nánfāng.My hometown is in the south.
你春节回老家吗？Nǐ Chūnjié huí lǎojiā ma?Are you going back to your hometown for Spring Festival?
Questions about 老家
What does 老家 mean?
老家 (lǎojiā) means “hometown; home village”.
How do you pronounce 老家?
老家 is pronounced lǎojiā.
Which HSK level is 老家?
老家 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021).
Related words
- 老人lǎorénold person
- 老师lǎoshīteacher
- 老年lǎoniánold age
- 老朋友lǎo péngyouold friend
- 老是lǎoshialways
- 老百姓lǎobǎixìngordinary people
- 老板lǎobǎnboss
- 老太太lǎotàitaiold lady
- 老头儿lǎotóurold man (informal)
- 老公lǎogōnghusband
Learn 老家 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 60: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.