noun
offering mochi; mochi rice cakes used as offerings
Archaic term for mochi offered to deities or ancestors. The modern equivalent is 供え餅 (そなえもち).
See also: 供え餅
供餅は神棚に供えられた。
Offering mochi was placed on the household Shinto altar.
古文書に「供餅」の記述が見られる。
The term 供餅 appears in old documents.
Modern standard term for offering mochi; 供餅 is its archaic predecessor.
Compound of 供 (ku, 'offering') + 餅 (mochi, 'rice cake'). The reading くもち is a kun'yomi compound; ぐへい is an alternative reading using the on'yomi of 供.