Learn to Write Chinese Characters with Video Tutorials
Watch the video of writing the Chinese character "纣", learn the correct stroke order (笔顺) of the character "纣", and master the standard way of writing the character "纣".
Free Printable Handwriting Practice with Stroke Order: 纣
Printable Writing Practice Worksheet of "纣" in Portrait Orientation (Tian Zi Ge)
纣
1. The posthumous name of the last ruler of the Shang Dynasty, also known as "Shou" or "Di Xin".
(商代最后一个君主的谥号,也作“受”,亦称“帝辛”。)
2. The leather belt at the back of a chariot horse.
(驾车马后部的革带。)
3. A homophone for "牖 (yǒu)", meaning window.
(通“牖(yǒu)”。窗。)
Notes:
1. In "Records of the Grand Historian", it mentions: "When Emperor Yi died, his son Xin ascended the throne, hence called Di Xin; he was referred to as 纣 (Zhòu) by the world."
(《史记•殷本纪》:“帝乙崩,子辛立,是为帝辛,天下谓之紂。”)
2. "In the Book of Dialects, it states: 'Chariot 纣, from Guan to the east is called 'Wu', or 'Qu Tan' or 'Qu Lun'; from Guan to the west is called 纣 (Zhòu).'"
(《方言》卷九:“车纣,自关而东,周、洛、韩、汝、颍而东谓之䋺,或谓之曲綯,或谓之曲纶;自关而西谓之纣。”)
3. In "Explaining Texts", it states that 纣 can be borrowed to mean 窗 (window), as they share a rhyming structure.
(《说文叚借义证•糸部》:“纣,可為牖之假借,纣、牖叠韵字。”)