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纣

紂
zhòu
#4,315 most
frequent character
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi

纣 as a component in other characters

sound1 character
荮

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Same Characters, Different Readings

纣Zhou4
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)

Homophones

皱zhòu
to wrinkle, wrinkled, to crease
宙zhòu
eternity, (geology) eon

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