钮 niǔ button
button; knob; surname
怎么记住“钮”: 钅 gold + 丑 ugly = button. The gold jacket from the flea market is ugly, but the girl buys it anyway for one shiny button.
部件结构
形声 · Meaning + sound
One part gives the meaning, the other gives the sound.
钮 = 钅 gold + 丑 ugly
- 钅 gold meaning
- 丑 ugly sound
The gold jacket from the flea market is ugly, but the girl buys it anyway for one shiny button.
How it came to be
Metal gives the meaning and the right part the sound.
用法
- A button or knob you press: 按钮 (ànniǔ) push-button; 按下红色按钮 (àn xià hóngsè ànniǔ) press the red button.
- Note: for a shirt button the standard word is 扣子/纽扣 (with 纽, silk radical); 钮 (metal radical) is the mechanical control button.
- Bound; you meet it mainly in 按钮 and as a surname.