纣 辛

Zhòu Xīndictionary entry

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

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紂辛纣辛 [Zhou4 Xin1] /Zhou Xin (c. 11th century BC), last king of the Shang dynasty/

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Other forms in these source records: 紂辛

纣
zhòu
crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)
Zhòu
Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty, King Zhou of Shang 商紂王|商纣王[Shāng Zhòu Wáng] (the name refers to a crupper 紂|纣[zhòu], the piece of horse tack most likely to be soiled by the horse)
辛
xīn
(of taste) hot or pungent / hard / laborious / suffering / eighth in order / eighth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shí tiān gān] / letter "H" or Roman "VIII" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / ancient Chinese compass point: 285° / octa
Xīn
surname Xin

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