Japanese dictionary

Dictionary: “七公三民”

七公三民

しちこうさんみん

land-tax rate during the edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

Kanji details

Kun/On information

七
On
しち
Kun
なな;なな.つ;なの
Stroke count
2

・seven

1 2
公
On
こう;く
Kun
おおやけ
Stroke count
4

・public

・prince

・official

・governmental

1 2 3 4
三
On
さん;ぞう
Kun
み;み.つ;みっ.つ
Stroke count
3

・three

1 2 3
民
On
みん
Kun
たみ
Stroke count
5

・people

・nation

・subjects

1 2 3 4 5