钮 niǔ button
button; knob; surname
How to remember 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.
Component breakdown
钮 = 钅 gold + 丑 ugly
- 钅 gold
- 丑 ugly
The gold jacket from the flea market is ugly, but the girl buys it anyway for one shiny button.
How it is used
- 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.