Chinese Character 紐 Meanings and components.

Form

紐

Meaning

紐 meaning[3] in English

To Turn.

To Wrench.

Button.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 紐 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'silk' radical in … (糹) , and surname Chou (丑)

Its radical[1] is: 糸 (mi4) which means: Fine Silk, Kangxi Radical 120, .糸mi4fine silk

In cangjie it is written with VFNG

How to write 紐

To write紐niu3to turn you should write a combination of 糹si1'silk' radical … , 丑chou3surname Chou arranged in a 吅 shape:

糹 + 丑 = 紐

紐 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 紐 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 紐, looks as follow:

紐
Pinyin:niu3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: To Turn . To Wrench . Button . Nu (Greek Letter Νν)
糹
Pinyin:si1
Meaning[3]: 'Silk' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 120), Occurring In 红, 绿, 累 Etc . Also Pr. [Mi4]
幺
Pinyin:yao1
Meaning[3]: Surname Yao
小
Pinyin:xiao3
Meaning[3]: Small . Tiny . Few . Young
丑
Pinyin:chou3 Shape:一
Meaning[3]: Surname Chou

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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