賻ふ

noun

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)

• 古ふるい記き録ろくには、賻ふとして金きん品ぴんを贈おくったとある。

  Old records say that money and goods were given as 賻.