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纣

zhòu

Character Traditional 紂

What 纣 means

1. crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)

Other readings

纣 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• ZhòuZhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou

Words starting with 纣

• 纣辛Zhòu XīnZhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty

Words containing 纣

• 助纣为虐zhù Zhòu wéi nüèlit. helping tyrant Zhou 商纣王; fig. to take the side of the evildoer…
• 商纣王Shāng Zhòu WángKing Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
• 武王伐纣Wǔ wáng fá ZhòuKing Wu of Zhou 周武王

Characters built on 寸

These share the phonetic component 寸 (cùn), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 寿shòulong life; old age; age
• 肘zhǒuelbow; pork shoulder
• 酎zhòustrong wine

Sounds the same

Read zhòu, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 骤sudden; unexpected; abrupt
• 宙eternity; (geology) eon
• 昼daytime
• 皱to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease
• 咒incantation; magic spell; curse
• 绉crepe; wrinkle
• 胄helmet; descendants
• 甃brickwork of well
• 酎strong wine
• 㑇(old) beautiful; clever
• 㤘(dialect) stubborn
• 咮beak of bird; peck at