紂 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「糸」
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- On
- チュウ
- Kun
- しりがい
- Meaning
- a crupper strap; the last Shang king
Origin
Thread 糸 with 寸 as phonetic: the strap passed behind a horse; also the name of the last Shang king.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 紂しりがい
a crupper
- 桀紂けっちゅう
Jie and Zhou, bywords for tyrants
Example
桀紂は暴君の代名詞とされる。
Those two names stand as bywords for tyranny.
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)