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)

button, knob
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

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
  - Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: diû
  - 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/

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	/ɳɨu^X/
Pan Wuyun	/ɳiu^X/
Shao Rongfen	/niəu^X/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ɳuw^X/
Li Rong	/niu^X/
Wang Li	/nĭəu^X/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ni̯ə̯u^X/
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

button (on clothes)
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)
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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