四公六民
しこうろくみん
land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
Word Meaning 四民
しみん
shimin
四民 is read as しみん (shimin) and means the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants).
Meaning
English
- the four social classes (of Edo-period Japan; samurai, farmers, artisans, merchants)
Reading
Kana
しみん
Romaji
shimin
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12六公四民
ろくこうよんみん
land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)
四苦八苦
しくはっく
the four and eight kinds of suffering (birth, old age, disease, death, parting from loved ones, meeting disliked ones, not getting what one seeks, pains of the five skandha)