niǔ
button
Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound.
Components
Evolution
Seal script
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 鈕
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
push button | ||
surname Niu | ||
button | ||
knob (e.g. handle or radio button) | ||
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 | 12 |
Simplified | |
Unicode | U+9215 |
Shuowen | “鈕，印鼻也。从金，丑聲。，古文鈕，从玉。” |
Sources
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