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纽

niǔ

knot, button

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 紐.

Components
纟 meaning component

纟  Meaning component

mì, sī

  

silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

丑 sound component

丑  Sound component

chǒu

  

second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Evolution

纽 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
纽 Seal script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Seal script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
纽 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
纽 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

纽 (紐) 

niǔ

knot; button; handle, knob; tie; to turn; to wrench; nu (Greek letter Νν)

Most common words with 纽
Freq.
Word
Meaning

纽约

New York

纽

to turn

枢纽

hinge

纽带

tie

纽约时报

New York Times (newspaper)

Statistics

Not found in HSK word list

Appears in 27.6950% of movies

938th most common character in movies

1767th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

7

Traditional

紐

Unicode

U+7EBD


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