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.
According to the Edo-period census, the population of this village was about two hundred.
national census; door-to-door census
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.