sou

Japanese: sou
sou

…an old French unit of price. The subdivisions were 1 livre = 20 sou (or sol) and 1 sou = 12 deniers. They correspond to the medieval Latin units of price, libra, solidus, and denarius, respectively.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "sou" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…旧フランスの価格の単位。下位区分は,1リーブル=20スーsou(またはソルsol),1スー=12ドゥニエdenier。それぞれ,中世におけるラテン語の価格単位リブラlibra,ソリドゥスsolidus,デナリウスdenariusに対応する。…

※「sou」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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