钮
Tap the pinyin to hear it
button
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 金 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 鈕
- Common rank
- #3,149
- Unicode
- U+94AE
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
push button · Heisig RSH #2946
metal + 丑 clown
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 钮
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 起动钮 | starter button; on switch | |
| 电钮 | push button (electric switch) | |
| 止闹按钮 | snooze button | |
| 钮带 | bond; ties (of friendship etc) | |
| 印钮 | decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord | |
| 旋钮 | knob (e.g. handle or radio button) | |
| 钮扣 | variant of 紐扣|纽扣[niu3 kou4] | |
| 按钮 | to push a button; button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action) | |
| 钮祜禄 | Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 丑 — compare how they read.