Historical term for the stipend or salary paid to a retainer or official, especially in the Edo period.
In the Edo period, samurai received a stipend from their domain.
His stipend was paid in rice.
rice stipend; salary paid in rice
Standard kanji spelling for this historical term.
Variant with outdated kanji 祿; rarely used in modern texts.
From Chinese 俸祿 (fènglù), meaning official salary or stipend. The kanji 俸 refers to pay or stipend, and 禄 (or 祿) refers to a fief or stipend. The term entered Japanese in historical administrative contexts.