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Meaning of 紂
Pinyin
zhòu
Radical
糹
Strokes
9
Definition
name of an emperor / saddle crupper
Usage
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紂
zhòu
1. 商代最後一個君主的謚號。一作“受”，亦稱“帝辛”。
(The posthumous title of the last monarch of the Shang Dynasty, also known as "Shou" or "Di Xin".)
《史記•殷本紀》：“帝乙崩，子辛立，是為帝辛，天下謂之紂。”
(Records of the Grand Historian: "When Emperor Yi died, his son Xin ascended and was called Di Xin, commonly referred to as Zhou.")
2. 馬緧，即駕車馬後部的革帶。
(Refers to the leather belt at the rear of a horse used for driving a cart.)
《方言》卷九：“車紂，自關而東，周、洛、韓、汝、潁而東謂之䋺，或謂之曲綯，或謂之曲綸；自關而西謂之紂。”
(Dialect Studies: "The back leather belt of the cart, going east from Guan, is called 'Tao' in Zhou, Luo, Han, Ru, and Ying, while going west from Guan is called 'Zhou'.")
3. 通“牖”（yǒu），窗。
(A variant of "牖" (yǒu), meaning window.)
清朱珔《説文叚借義證•糸部》：“紂，可為牖之假借，紂、牖叠韻字。”
(Qing dynasty scholar Zhu Ke: "Zhou can be a phonetic borrowing for 'yǒu', as they share rhyme.")
名詞
Noun
1. 駕車馬後部的革帶 ([En.] back leather belt)
2. 商代最末的君主名，史稱紂王 ([En.] name of tyrant, last emperor of Shang Dynasty).
(Historically known as a notorious tyrant.)
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Input Method for 紂
Pinyin
zhou4
Wubi
xfy
Cangjie
vmdi
Zhengma
zds
Four Corner
24100
Unicode
U+7d02
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