English

1. royal name
2. 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)
3. crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
4. saddle crupper

As a component in

• 䈙zau6
• 葤zau6
• 𠷵
• 𦋝
• 𩋰

Variants

• 纣simplified

Words containing 紂

• 桀紂git6 zau6

  a tyrannical ruler

• 紂辛zau6 san1

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

• 商紂王soeng1 zau6 wong4

  King Zhou of Shang (11th century BC), notorious as a cruel tyrant

• 助紂為虐zo6 zau6 wai4 joek6

  lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom)

• 武王伐紂mou5 wong4 fat6 zau6

  King Wu of Zhou 周武王[Zhou1 Wu3 wang2] overthrows tyrant Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2]