niǔ
button
Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈕.
Components
Evolution

Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical script
Western Jin dynasty (266-316 AD)Traditional script
ModernSimplified script
ModernMost common words with 钮
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 | 9 |
Traditional | |
Unicode | U+94AE |
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