ichibun.

/ɪtsɪˈbuː/

Forms: Also itzeboo, itzebu, 1600s ichebo, ichibo, 1800s itsi-, itzi-, -bu, -bou, -bue, -boo.

Etymology: Japanese: two words, itse, itche one, bû division, part, quarter. (Of Chinese origin.)

A Japanese phrase meaning ‘one quarter’, commonly applied to a silver coin in the form of a thin rectangular plate (with rounded corners), in use before 1871; it was the quarter of a riô or tael, and worth about 1s. 4d. sterling: see also quot. 1900. ‘The name is still sometimes applied to the quarter of the dollar or yen.’ ( N.E.D.)

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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins

oban1614

ichibu1616

kobang1616

sen1727

tempo1860

rin1868

yen1874

1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 176.

1618 R. Cocks Diary (1883) II. 77.

1868 E. Seyd Bullion 265.

1900 Satow Voy. Capt. Saris 97 (note) The Japanese coin called ichibu..mentioned in Cocks's Diary..was the gold coin..not the silver ichibu, which was first issued in 1837.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	ichibu
释义	ichibun. /ɪtsɪˈbuː/ Forms: Also itzeboo, itzebu, 1600s ichebo, ichibo, 1800s itsi-, itzi-, -bu, -bou, -bue, -boo. Etymology: Japanese: two words, itse, itche one, bû division, part, quarter. (Of Chinese origin.) A Japanese phrase meaning ‘one quarter’, commonly applied to a silver coin in the form of a thin rectangular plate (with rounded corners), in use before 1871; it was the quarter of a riô or tael, and worth about 1s. 4d. sterling: see also quot. 1900. ‘The name is still sometimes applied to the quarter of the dollar or yen.’ ( N.E.D.) ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Japanese coins oban1614 ichibu1616 kobang1616 sen1727 tempo1860 rin1868 yen1874 1616 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 176. 1618 R. Cocks Diary (1883) II. 77. 1868 E. Seyd Bullion 265. 1900 Satow Voy. Capt. Saris 97 (note) The Japanese coin called ichibu..mentioned in Cocks's Diary..was the gold coin..not the silver ichibu, which was first issued in 1837. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < n.1616
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