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紂

Simplified: 纣

zhòu ㄓㄡˋ

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

Other words read zhòu

In the same tone

  • 皺 zhòu wrinkle
  • 縐 zhòu crepe
  • 咒 zhòu incantation
  • 驟 zhòu sudden
  • 晝 zhòu daytime

All 17 words read zhòu

zhou with other tones

  • 州 zhōu prefecture
  • 週 zhōu week
  • 洲 zhōu continent
  • 軸 zhóu axis
  • 粥 zhōu congee

All 36 words read zhou in any tone

The stroke order and parts of 紂

    部首 radical
    糹 a form of 糸
    笔画 strokes
    9, with 3 after the 部首
    结构 structure
    左右结构
    偏旁 parts
    糹寸
    形旁 meaning
    糹
    声旁 sound
    寸

    Words with 紂

    Starting with 紂

    • 紂辛 zhòuxīn Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty

    Ending with 紂

    • 武王伐紂 wǔwángfázhòu King Wu of Zhou 周武王 zhōuwǔwáng overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商纣王 shāngzhòuwáng

    Containing 紂

    • 助紂為虐 zhùzhòuwéinüè lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商纣王 shāngzhòuwáng in his oppression
    • 商紂王 shāngzhòuwáng King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant

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