紂

纣
zhòu
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)

CEDICT

  1. (archaic) crupper (part of a saddle or carriage attachment)
  2. King Zhou of the Shang dynasty
  3. crupper (part of a saddle or carriage attachment)

Wiktionary

  1. 勒在馬臀上的皮帶。
  2. 人名。商朝最後一位君主，相傳是個暴君。

重編國語辭典

Homographs

紂 Zhòu Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王 Shāng Zhòu Wáng (the name refers to a crupper 紂 zhòu, the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)

Containing this entry

助紂為虐 zhùzhòuwéinüè
桀紂 jiézhòu

Related entries

鞧 qiū
  1. crupper
  2. leather strap
  3. (dialect) to draw back
  4. to shrink