also: ざっか
miscellaneous poems
A category of classical Japanese poetry, especially in anthologies like the Man'yōshū, for poems that do not fit into the main thematic categories such as love or nature.
The miscellaneous poems section of the Man'yōshū contains many poems about banquets and travel.
Standard kanji form; reading ぞうか is the primary reading.
Alternate reading; less common than ぞうか.
Compound of 雑 (miscellaneous) and 歌 (poem/song). The reading ぞうか is the regular on'yomi combination; ざっか is an irregular variant.