Re: Kanji for 'ishi' (stone) can be pronounced 'koku'

On 2006-08-31 16:37:02 -0700, Phil Yff <phil.yff@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:

On 23 Aug 2006 13:05:10 -0700, Marc Adler wrote:

aesthete8@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Am I the only one who didn't know this?:

You see it in a lot of place names. It was used as a measurement for
rice, so the number of koku of rice that could be harvested in a
certain location was an indication of its wealth. For example, I think
Kanazawa (or Ishikawa?) was often called 百万石のなんとか,
indicating that a million koku of rice could be harvested there (i.e.,
they were rich).

Yes. One koku is 180 liters or 9.827 cubic feet. In other words, it's
just over 5 US bushels or just under 50 US gallons.

Phil Yff

Bushels? Gallons? What is this, some kind of linguistic museum?
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Allan Watts

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