se (obsolete unit of area)
Obsolete Japanese unit of area equal to 30 tsubo, approximately 99.174 m². Used historically in land measurement; now replaced by metric units.
See also: 畝 (ほ)
In the Edo period, the area of fields was sometimes expressed in se.
Standard kanji for this obsolete unit of area.
Kana spelling may be used in explanatory texts for clarity.
The historical derivation of the unit せ is uncertain; the kanji 畝 is conventionally associated with agricultural land measurement.