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半歩 (はんぶ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

半はん歩ぶ

Meanings

1

noun

unit of land area (approx. 595 m²)

archaic

Archaic unit of land area, originally about 595.044 square meters. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

江え戸ど時じ代だいの文もん書じょには「半はん歩ぶ」という土と地ちの単たん位いが記しるされている。
Documents from the Edo period record a land unit called 'hanbu'.

Kanji

半half, middle, odd number
歩walk, counter for steps

Etymology

Compound of 半 (half) and 歩 (a traditional unit of area). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term appears in older land measurement systems.