妲己

Dájǐ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Daji, favourite consort of King Zhou, the last Shang king

Examples

HSK 7-9
Dájǐ shì Zhòuwáng zuì chǒng'ài de fēizi.
Daji was King Zhou's favourite consort.
HSK 7-9
Zài 《 Fēngshén yǎnyì 》 lǐ, Dájǐ qíshí shì yì zhī húlijīng.
In Investiture of the Gods, Daji is really a fox spirit.

Tips

history
She came from the 有苏 people, who gave her to King Zhou after he attacked them, so she is also called 苏妲己; 己 was her clan name.
usage
Later tellings blame her for the cruelties that brought down the Shang, and her name became a byword for a beautiful woman who ruins a man, much like 狐狸精.

Stroke Order

妲 Dá
己 jǐ