紐

See also: 纽
紐 U+7D10, 紐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D10
← 紏
[U+7D0F] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 紑 →
[U+7D11]
紐 U+F9CF, 紐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CF
← 硫
[U+F9CE] 		CJK Compatibility Ideographs 類 →
[U+F9D0]

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
  • 𦶆(𬜺)

References

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).

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/
Bernard
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. *[t] 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”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 扣, 衣扣
Mandarin Beijing 扣子, 扣兒, 紐兒 Chinese-stye
Taiwan 扣子
Harbin 扣兒 Western-style
Yantai (Muping) 扣兒
Jinan 扣子, 紐扣兒
Luoyang 扣兒
Wanrong 扣子 Western-style
Xi'an 扣子 disc, 紐子, 紐門兒疙瘩 ball
Yinchuan 紐子 Western-style, 紐子疙瘩 knot
Xining 扣子
Ürümqi 扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style
Wuhan 扣子
Chengdu 扣子 Western-style, 紐子
Guiyang 扣子, 紐子 Chinese-style, 紐扣 Chinese-style
Liuzhou 扣子
Yangzhou 紐子
Nanjing 扣子 Western-style, 紐扣 Western-style, 紐子, 紐兒 old-style ball
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) 紐
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng 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
Conghua (Lütian) 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 Shaxi (Longdu) 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 used for names)

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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】
[noun] string
[noun] pimp (man who financially relies on managing prostitutes)
[noun] 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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