六公四民

Reading

Kana: ろくこうよんみん
Romaji: rokukouyonmin
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

land-tax rate during the Edo period (the government took 60 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent)

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

Readings: ロク、 リク、 む、 む.つ、 むっ.つ、 むい
Meaning: six
Readings: コウ、 ク、 おおやけ
Meanings: public, prince, official, governmental
Readings: シ、 よ、 よ.つ、 よっ.つ、 よん
Meaning: four
Readings: ミン、 たみ
Meanings: people, nation, subjects