Dictionary Entry: 纣

(bound form) Zhou, pejorative name given posthumously to the last king of the Shang dynasty 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) ꞏ crupper (harness strap running over a horse's hindquarters and under its tail)