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

Chinese

trad.		鈕
simp.		钮
alternative forms		紐／纽

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (丑) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
峱	*nuː
紐	*nuʔ
扭	*nuʔ, *tnuʔ
狃	*nuʔ, *nus
鈕	*nuʔ
忸	*nuʔ, *nuɡ
杻	*nuʔ, *n̥ʰuʔ
莥	*nuʔ
羞	*snu
丑	*n̥ʰuʔ
沑	*njuʔ, *nuɡ
粈	*njuʔ
衄	*nuɡ, *njuɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *nuʔ) : semantic 金 (“metal”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-na ~ s-naːr (“nose”); see there for more discussion.

The Manchu surname is clipping of 鈕祜祿／钮祜禄 (Niǔhùlù), from Manchu ᠨᡳᠣᡥᡠᡵᡠ (niohuru, “a wolf”).

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): niǔ (niu³)

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄡˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): nau² / nau⁵
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): diu³ / liu³
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): liú

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: niǔ
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄡˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: niǒu
    • Wade–Giles: niu³
    • Yale: nyǒu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: neou
    • Palladius: ню (nju)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni̯oʊ̯²¹⁴/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: nau² / nau⁵
    • Yale: náu / náuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: nau² / nau⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: neo² / neo⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /nɐu̯³⁵/, /nɐu̯¹³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: diu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiu⁴⁵³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: liu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /liu³³²/
• Southern Min
  • (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: nrjuwX

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
Baxter	nrjuwX
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	nau5

• 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 usage example)

3. a surname, particularly common among Manchus

Compounds

• 印鈕／印钮
• 按鈕／按钮 (ànniǔ)
• 鈕扣／钮扣 (niǔkòu)
• 鈕絆／钮绊
• 電鈕／电钮 (diànniǔ)

 

Japanese

Kanji

鈕

(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 Hyōgai
kun'yomi

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

【ボタン】 [noun] [from 1651] a button (clothing) [noun] [from 1885] a button (mechanical device) Alternative spelling 釦

(This term, 鈕, is an alternative spelling (rare) of the above term.)

Vietnamese

Han character

鈕: Hán Nôm readings: nữu, nạo, nút

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