See also:
U 7D10, 紐
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7D10

[U 7D0F]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U 7D11]
U F9CF, 紐
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-F9CF

[U F9CE]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs
[U F9D0]

Translingual

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Han character

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

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

Derived characters

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References

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  • 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

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trad.
simp.
alternative forms button

Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲形声, OC *nuʔ) : semantic (silk) phonetic (OC *n̥ʰuʔ).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Dialectal data
Variety Location
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
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (12)
Final () (136)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
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
Reading # 1/1
No. 1517
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*nuʔ/

Definitions

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  1. button (Classifier: c)
  2. handle; knob
      ―  chèngniǔ  ―  lifting cord of a steelyard
  3. pivot; hub
      ―  shūniǔ  ―  hub
      ―  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).

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Kanji

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(Jinmeiyō kanji)

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Readings

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Etymology

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Kanji in this term
ひも
Jinmeiyō
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of – 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, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Korean

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Hanja

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(nyu>yu) (hangeul >, revised nyu>yu, McCune–Reischauer nyu>yu, Yale nyu>yu)

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Vietnamese

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Chữ Hán

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

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