鈕

鈕

See also: 钮

鈕 U+9215, 鈕 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-9215 ← 鈔 [U+9214] CJK Unified Ideographs 鈖 → [U+9216]

Translingual

Han character

鈕 (radical 167, 金+4, 12 strokes, cangjie input 金弓土 (CNG), four-corner 8711₅, composition ⿰釒丑)

1. button, knob
2. used as a surname

References

• KangXi: page 1298, character 23
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40228
• Dae Jaweon: page 1801, character 15
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 4180, character 14
• Unihan data for U+9215

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Chinese

trad.		鈕
simp.		钮
variant forms		紐／纽

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔ (niu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau², nau⁵
• Min Nan (POJ): liú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: niǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Wade–Giles: niu³
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
    • IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: nau², nau⁵
    • Yale: náu, náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau², nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo², neo⁵
    • IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵/, /nɐu̯¹³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: liú
    • Tâi-lô: liú
    • Phofsit Daibuun: liuo
    • IPA (Xiamen): /liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /liu⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /liu⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /liu⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: /ɳɨu^X/▼

Rime
Character	鈕
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	娘 (12)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	女久切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ɳɨuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiuX/
Shao Rongfen	/niəuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuwX/
Li Rong	/niuX/
Wang Li	/nĭəuX/
Bernard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯uX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	niǔ

• Old Chinese▼

  (Zhengzhang): /*nuʔ/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	鈕
Reading #	1/1
No.	1520
Phonetic component	丑
Rime group	幽
Rime subdivision	1
Corresponding MC rime	狃
Old Chinese	/*nuʔ/

Definitions

鈕

1. button (on clothes)
2. button (something to be pressed)

   若真空安全鈕浮起，請勿購買。 [MSC, trad.]
   若真空安全钮浮起，请勿购买。 [MSC, simp.]

   Ruò zhēnkōng ānquán niǔ fúqǐ, qǐng wù gòumǎi. [Pinyin]

   (please add an English translation of this example)

Compounds

印鈕／印钮 按鈕／按钮 (ànniǔ)

鈕扣／钮扣 鈕絆／钮绊

電鈕／电钮 (diànniǔ)

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Japanese

Kanji

鈕

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

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Readings

• On (unclassified): ちゅう (chū), じゅう (jū)
• Kun: つまみ (tsumami), ボタン (botan)

Definitions

Kanji in this term
鈕
ぼたん Hyōgaiji
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 鈕 – see the following entry at ボタン.

ボタン【釦・鈕】 [noun]a button (clothing) [noun]a button (mechanical device)

(This term, 鈕, is a kanji spelling of ボタン.)

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Vietnamese

Han character

鈕 (nữu, nạo, nút)

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