四公六民

しこうろくみん

Meanings

1. Noun land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

Kanji

• 四 four. Read as シ.
• 公 public. Read as コウ.
• 六 six. Read as ロク.
• 民 people. Read as ミン.

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