koku; unit of volume (approx. 180.4 L)
Historical Japanese unit of volume, primarily used for rice. One koku was considered the amount needed to feed one person for one year. Still encountered in historical and cultural contexts.
In the Edo period, a daimyo's income was expressed in koku.
One koku is about 180 liters.
ship capacity unit (approx. 278.26 L)
Specialized measure for Japanese-style boats' loading capacity. Rare outside maritime history contexts.
One koku was a unit of rice volume.
The farmers paid five koku of rice a year as tax.
The Kaga domain was known for its lord with a million-koku fief.
升 and 石 are both traditional Japanese volume units, but 石 (こく) is a much larger measure (100倍 the size of 升).
斗 and 石 are both old Japanese volume units in the same measuring system, but 斗 (と) is only one-tenth the size of 石 (こく).
crop yield; rice yield · stipend; salary
one koku
large junk (capacity 1,000 koku of rice)
brewing tax
brew; brewing
Standard kanji for the unit of volume; high-frequency news term.
Alternate kanji, rarely used in modern contexts.
The kanji 石 originally meant 'stone' but was borrowed for the unit of volume. The reading こく is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.