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Hanzi Character Search: 纣

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name of an emperor; saddle part
Radical
Strokes (without radical) 3 Total Strokes 6
Mandarin reading zhoù Cantonese reading zau6
Japanese on reading Japanese kun reading
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Traditional Variant(s) name of an emperor; saddle part

CEDICT Entries:

   [ zhoù ]    (bound form) Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhou4], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
   [ zhoù ]    crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
   [ zhoù xīn ]    Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty
⇒    [ zhù zhoù weí nvè ]    lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom), fig. to take the side of the evildoer, giving succor to the enemy
⇒    [ shāng zhoù wáng ]    King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant
⇒    [ wáng zhoù ]    King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]

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