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Salarium Officials Collect Rice Sweep 禄 ロク さいわ.い

Kanji
Onyomi ロク
Kunyomi さいわ.い, ふち
Nanori とし, よし
English fief, allowance, pension, grant, happiness
Examples 貫禄(かんろく): presence; dignity
JLPT Level 1
Jouyou Grade S+
Frequency 2126
Components 示: show; indicate; point out; express; display
彑: pig's head radical variant (no. 58)
水: water
Traditional Form (none)
Keyword salarium
Koohii Story 1 "Ancient Japanese officials collected their salarium in the shrines. A priest would collect their rice grains with a broom, and sweep it unto the altar, where the officials could collect their rice."
Koohii Story 2 "Rather than cold hard cash, the rice that the altar boys could sweep up became their salarium."

Tags: jlpt.n1, grades+, jinmeiyou, kanjifreq2001-2500

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