condolence money and goods
Archaic term for money and goods given to a bereaved family. Modern Japanese uses 香典 (こうでん) or 弔慰金 (ちょういきん) for condolence money, and 供物 (くもつ) for offerings. The related compound 賻物 (ふもつ) is also archaic.
See also: 賻物 (ふもつ)
Old records say that money and goods were given as 賻.
condolence money and goods; funeral offering
Archaic kanji; rarely used in modern Japanese. The reading ふ is the only reading.
The kanji 賻 is composed of 貝 (shell, money) and 尃 (spread, announce), suggesting the idea of distributing money. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is an archaic Sino-Japanese term.