also: ぜえろく
person from Kansai
Archaic, derogatory term used in Edo-period Tokyo (Edo) to refer to people from the Kansai region (especially Osaka). Now obsolete and offensive.
See also: 才六 (さいろく)
In the Edo period, people from Kansai were sometimes called 'zeiroku'.
Kansai person (derogatory, archaic)
Archaic derogatory term for a person from Kansai. The kanji 贅 (luxury) and 六 (six) are ateji; the reading ぜいろく is the most common.
Alternate ateji spelling. Also read さいろく with a different meaning (see cross-reference in source).
Variant pronunciation; less common than ぜいろく.
The exact origin is uncertain. The kanji are ateji, and the word may derive from a dialectal or slang term in Edo-period Japanese.