Read Edit View history Discussion 紂 zhòu name of an emperor Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pinyin Separate values with commas Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 纣 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint thread Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 紂 Simp strokes 紂 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 紂 Simp strokes 紂 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 紂 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 298, 826 ], [ 321, 798 ], [ 327, 773 ], [ 205, 550 ], [ 200, 527 ], [ 225, 522 ], [ 299, 525 ], [ 317, 528 ], [ 336, 541 ] ], [ [ 413, 686 ], [ 434, 644 ], [ 359, 525 ], [ 240, 372 ], [ 231, 329 ], [ 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202 18 213 26 Q 225 36 232 67 Q 239 92 215 131 Q 188 165 156 199 Q 144 209 137 211 Q 130 210 126 198 Q 123 186 136 155 Z", "M 275 199 Q 287 180 299 155 Q 308 142 321 138 Q 330 135 337 145 Q 344 157 345 183 Q 342 207 282 240 Q 270 247 264 247 Q 260 244 257 233 Q 258 223 275 199 Z", "M 386 264 Q 413 216 435 201 Q 445 197 456 205 Q 463 215 464 229 Q 463 248 450 262 Q 426 286 392 298 Q 386 299 382 298 Q 378 298 377 288 Q 376 278 386 264 Z", "M 771 484 Q 840 491 929 492 Q 948 493 953 502 Q 957 514 941 526 Q 886 565 818 542 Q 796 538 771 531 L 718 520 Q 708 519 698 516 Q 610 500 507 482 Q 488 479 503 463 Q 516 450 534 446 Q 555 442 570 447 Q 672 477 718 477 L 771 484 Z", "M 718 477 Q 719 339 719 117 Q 718 93 706 84 Q 703 81 644 80 Q 607 90 611 80 Q 612 73 635 58 Q 695 12 709 -16 Q 727 -47 741 -48 Q 757 -49 771 -11 Q 790 38 785 117 Q 772 301 771 484 L 771 531 Q 771 667 790 737 Q 808 770 748 794 Q 711 813 691 805 Q 672 798 689 773 Q 713 745 715 708 Q 716 689 718 520 L 718 477 Z", "M 527 336 Q 552 303 578 265 Q 588 250 603 247 Q 613 246 621 257 Q 628 270 626 300 Q 625 322 596 345 Q 530 390 512 387 Q 508 384 506 372 Q 507 360 527 336 Z" ] } 9 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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