纣

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What 纣 means

Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商纣王 (the name refers to a crupper 纣, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse); crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)

Pictophonetic: semantic 纟 (thread), phonetic 寸

Made of 纟 + 寸

Words with 纣

• 助纣为虐zhù zhòu wéi nüèlit. helping tyrant Zhou 商纣王 in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy
• 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 overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商纣王
• 纣辛zhòu xīnZhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty

Characters that sound like 纣

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