koku

English

noun

Definitions

A unit of measure in feudal Japan, the amount of rice needed to feed one person for a year.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 石 (stone, rock).

Origin

Japanese

石

Gloss

stone, rock

Concept

Semantic Field

Food and drink

Ontological Category

Classifier

`Kanji`

岩, 巌

Emoji

🗿 🪨

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

化石 Japanese
小石 Japanese
水 Japanese
石 Japanese
石塚 Japanese
石渡 Japanese
石百足 Japanese
石綿 Japanese
誕生石 Japanese
賢者の石 Japanese
金剛石 Japanese