He served his lord faithfully and received his reward.
presence; dignity; gravitas · corpulence; obesity
small stipend; low salary
additional gain; extra profit; supplementary income
stipend; salary; official pay
increase in a samurai's stipend
official rank and salary; government post and stipend · government stipend; official salary
hereditary stipend
small stipend; meager salary
stipend amount; samurai's stipend
happiness and prosperity · Fukurokuju
official salary; hereditary stipend
high salary; good pay · alcohol; liquor
Standard kanji form.
Out-dated kanji variant; rarely used in modern Japanese.
The kanji 禄 originally referred to blessings or good fortune, and by extension came to mean an official stipend or reward granted by a ruler. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.