noun
Obsolete term for millet or grain. In modern Japanese, 粟 is normally read あわ. This reading ぞく is found only in old texts.
See also: 粟 (あわ)
古い文献では、粟を「ぞく」と読むことがある。
In old documents, 粟 is sometimes read as ぞく.
noun
stipend in rice
Archaic term for a stipend paid in rice, used in historical contexts such as samurai stipends.
江戸時代には、武士に粟として米が支給された。
In the Edo period, samurai were given rice as a stipend called ぞく.
noun
10,000th of a shaku
A very small unit of length, one ten-thousandth of a 尺 (shaku). This is a technical historical measurement term.
See also: 尺 (しゃく)
尺の一万分の一を「粟」と呼んだ。
One ten-thousandth of a shaku was called ぞく.
The common modern reading for millet. ぞく is an obsolete reading used only in historical or technical contexts.
The reading ぞく is an obsolete Sino-Japanese reading of 粟. The character itself originally referred to millet. The historical stipend and measurement senses are derived from the association with grain.