also: しょうか
house where one was born; birthplace home
Refers specifically to the physical house or dwelling where a person was born.
He visited the house where he was born and reminisced about his childhood.
one's parents' house; family home
Refers to the home of one's parents, often implying the house where one grew up, not necessarily the birthplace.
During New Year's, I go back to my parents' house and spend time with them.
I visited the house where Natsume Soseki was born.
His birthplace house is in Kyoto.
The writer's birthplace house has been preserved.
I plan to go back to my family home for New Year's.
故郷 refers broadly to one's hometown or native region, whereas 生家 specifically means the actual house one was born in.
古巣 is a casual, figurative term for one's former home or old stomping ground, while 生家 formally denotes the family house itself.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading せいか is the most common.
Rare reading; せいか is overwhelmingly preferred in modern Japanese.
Compound of 生 (sei, 'birth') and 家 (ka, 'house'). The reading しょうか is an older Sino-Japanese reading, now rare.