Zhòu
Traditional: 紂
纣 (Zhòu) is a Chinese word meaning “Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 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)”.
Meanings
- 1Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 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)
Related words
助纣为虐lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom)纣crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)商纣王King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant武王伐纣King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]纣辛Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty