鈕

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

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

• 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

trad.		鈕
simp.		钮
alternative forms		紐／纽

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

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”).

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

(Hyōgai kanji)

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

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.)

鈕: Hán Nôm readings: nữu, nạo, nút

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