noun
houses and inhabitants; population
Refers to the number of households and the people living in them, often used in historical or administrative contexts. Not a common everyday word.
江戸時代の戸口調査によると、この村の戸口は約二百人だった。
According to the Edo-period census, the population of this village was about two hundred.
Standard kanji spelling for this word.
Alternate kanji spelling using the iteration mark 々.
Alternate kanji spelling without the iteration mark.
Compound of 戸 (ko, 'door' or 'house') and 口 (kō, 'mouth' or 'opening'), here used in the sense of 'household' and 'count'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.