紐

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See also: 纽
紐 U+7D10, 紐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D10
← 紏
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紑 →
紐 U+F9CF, 紐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CF
← 硫
 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 類 →

Translingual

Han character

紐 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓土 (VFNG), four-corner 27915, composition ⿰糹丑)

  1. knot
  2. button
  3. handle, knob
  4. tie

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 916, character 22
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27268
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1346, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3377, character 7
  • Unihan data for U+7D10

Chinese

trad. 紐
simp. 纽
alternative forms 鈕／钮 button

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 糸 (“silk”) + phonetic 丑 (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-na ~ s-naːr (“nose”); see there for more discussion.

Pronunciation

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 紐
Mandarin Beijing /niou²¹⁴/
Harbin /niou²¹³/
Tianjin /niou¹³/
Jinan /ȵiou⁵⁵/
Qingdao /niou⁵⁵/
Zhengzhou /niou⁵³/
Xi'an /niou⁵³/
Xining /ȵiɯ⁵³/
Yinchuan /niəu⁵³/
Lanzhou /liou⁴⁴²/
Ürümqi /ȵiɤu⁵¹/
Wuhan /niəu⁴²/
Chengdu /ȵiəu⁵³/
Guiyang /niəu⁴²/
Kunming /niəu⁵³/
Nanjing /liəɯ²¹²/
Hefei /liɯ²⁴/
Jin Taiyuan /niəu⁵³/
Pingyao /ɳəu⁵³/
Hohhot /niəu⁵³/
Wu Shanghai /ȵiɤ²³/
Suzhou /ȵiɤ³¹/
Hangzhou /ȵiø⁵³/
Wenzhou /ȵau³⁵/
Hui Shexian /niu³⁵/
Tunxi /ȵiun²⁴/
Xiang Changsha /ȵiəu⁴¹/
Xiangtan /ȵiəɯ⁴²/
Gan Nanchang
Hakka Meixian /ŋiu³¹/
Taoyuan /neu³¹/
Cantonese Guangzhou /nɐu³⁵/
Nanning /nɐu³⁵/
Hong Kong /nɐu³⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /liu⁵³/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /nieu³²/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /niu²¹/
Shantou (Teochew) /nĩu⁵³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /niu²¹³/
/nau³³/
Rime
Character 紐
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 		/ɳɨuX/
Pan
Wuyun 		/ɳiuX/
Shao
Rongfen 		/niəuX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/ɳuwX/
Li
Rong 		/niuX/
Wang
Li 		/nĭəuX/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/ni̯ə̯uX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		niǔ
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		nau5
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 紐
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		niǔ
Middle
Chinese 		‹ nrjuwX ›
Old
Chinese 		/*n<r>uʔ/
English fastener

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 紐
Reading # 1/1
No. 1517
Phonetic
component 		丑
Rime
group 		幽
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		狃
Old
Chinese 		/*nuʔ/

Definitions

紐

  1. button (Classifier: 粒 c)
  2. handle; knob
    秤紐／秤纽  ―  chèngniǔ  ―  lifting cord of a steelyard
  3. pivot; hub
    樞紐／枢纽  ―  shūniǔ  ―  hub
    紐帶／纽带  ―  niǔdài  ―  bond; tie
  4. a surname
  5. transliteration for "New" in place names; e.g. 紐約／纽约 (Niǔyuē), 紐西蘭／纽西兰 (Niǔxīlán).

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 紐扣 (“button”)
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 扣, 衣扣
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 扣子, 扣兒, 紐兒 Chinese-stye
Taiwan 扣子
Harbin 扣兒 Western-style
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 扣子, 紐扣兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin Yantai (Muping) 扣兒
Central Plains Mandarin Luoyang 扣兒
Wanrong 扣子 Western-style
Xi'an 扣子 disc, 紐子, 紐門兒疙瘩 ball
Xining 扣子
Lanyin Mandarin Yinchuan 紐子 Western-style, 紐子疙瘩 knot
Ürümqi 扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 扣子 Western-style, 紐子
Wuhan 扣子
Guiyang 扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style, 紐扣 Chinese-style
Liuzhou 扣子
Jianghuai Mandarin Nanjing 扣子 Western-style, 紐扣 Western-style, 紐子, 紐兒 old-style ball
Yangzhou 紐子
Cantonese Guangzhou 紐
Hong Kong 紐
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) 紐
Macau 紐
Guangzhou (Panyu) 紐
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 紐
Guangzhou (Conghua) 紐
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 紐
Foshan 紐
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 紐
Foshan (Shunde) 紐
Foshan (Sanshui) 紐
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 紐
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 紐
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 紐
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 紐
Zhuhai (Doumen) 紐
Jiangmen (Baisha) 紐
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 紐
Taishan 紐
Kaiping (Chikan) 紐
Enping (Niujiang) 紐
Heshan (Yayao) 紐
Dongguan 紐
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 紐
Gan Nanchang 扣子
Lichuan 扣仔 new-style, 扣子 new-style, 跪兒 old-style
Pingxiang 扣子
Hakka Meixian 紐公仔 Chinese-style, 扣仔 Western-style, 紐仔
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) 紐
Dongguan (Qingxi) 紐
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 紐
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 紐
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 紐扣
Yudu 扣子 disc, 紐子 knot
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 紐仔
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 紐仔, 扣仔
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 紐仔
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 紐
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 紐仔, 紐
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 紐子
Huizhou Jixi 扣子
Jin Taiyuan 扣扣, 扣疙瘩 Chinese-style
Xinzhou 扣子 Western-style
Northern Min Jian'ou 紐仔
Eastern Min Fuzhou 扣門 Chinese-stye
Southern Min Xiamen 紐仔
Quanzhou 紐仔
Zhangzhou 紐仔
Tainan 紐仔
Singapore (Hokkien) 紐仔
Manila (Hokkien) 紐仔
Shantou 紐
Shantou (Chenghai) 紐
Jieyang 紐
Haikou 紐
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 紐
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 扣子
Wu Shanghai 紐子, 紐頭 Chinese-style
Shanghai (Chongming) 紐子 Western-style, 紐頭 Chinese-style
Suzhou 紐子 ball, 紐頭 disc
Wuxi 紐頭
Danyang 紐扣, 紐子子
Hangzhou 紐扣兒 Chinese-style, 扣兒
Ningbo 紐子 Western-style
Jinhua 紐子兒
Xiang Changsha 扣子 Western-style, 扣它子 Chinese-style
Loudi 扣子

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

紐

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

Etymology

Kanji in this term
紐
ひも
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 紐 – see the following entry.
【ひも】
string
pimp (man who financially relies on managing prostitutes)
freeloader (one who financially relies on another person)
(This term, 紐, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

Hanja

紐 • (nyu>yu) (hangeul 뉴>유, revised nyu>yu, McCune–Reischauer nyu>yu, Yale nyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

Chữ Hán

紐: Hán Nôm readings: nữu, néo, nới, nỡi, nĩu, nữi, nửi, nõi

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