niǔ

button

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
钅 meaning component

  Meaning component

jīn

  

metal

is a component form of .

丑 sound component

  Sound component

chǒu

  

second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Evolution

钮 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
钮 Clerical script Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)

Clerical script

Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)
钮 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
钮 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

() 

niǔ

button, knob; surname; button

() 

Niǔ

surname Niu

Most common words with 钮
Freq.
Word
Meaning

按钮

push button

surname Niu

钮扣

button

旋钮

knob (e.g. handle or radio button)

电钮

push button (electric switch)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 5.9266% of movies

2298th most common character in movies

2685th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Traditional

Unicode

U+94AE


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