钮 (niǔ): surname Niu
钮 (niǔ) is a Chinese character meaning “surname niu.” Classified as HSK Level 7-9 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 钅 (semantic) and 丑 (phonetic). It ranks #3130 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 钮 metal. Its radical form 钅 (metal) appears in many related characters such as 金 (jīn, metal, gold), 钱 (qián, money), 银 (yín, silver, bank).
Definitions
- surname Niu
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 按钮noun | àn niǔ | to push a button |
| 钮扣 | niǔ kòu | variant of 紐扣|纽扣 |
| 旋钮noun | xuán niǔ | knob (e.g. handle or radio button) |
| 电钮noun | diàn niǔ | push button (electric switch) |
| 起动钮 | qǐ dòng niǔ | starter button |
| 止闹按钮 | zhǐ nào àn niǔ | snooze button |
| 钮带 | niǔ dài | bond |
| 印钮 | yìn niǔ | decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord |
| 钮祜禄proper-noun | niǔ hù lù | Niohuru (prominent Manchu clan) |
钮 appears in 9 compound words: 33 as the first character, 67 as the last, and 0 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 钮 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Example Sentences
写好钮字需要掌握正确的笔画顺序。
xiě hǎo niǔ zì xū yāo zhǎng wò zhèng què de bǐ huà shùn xù .
To write the character "纽" correctly, you need to master the correct stroke order.
大体思路是这样的：安装插件之后，当我看到想收藏的东西，直接点击旁边的收藏按钮即可。
dà tǐ sī lù shì zhè yàng de : ān zhuāng chā jiàn zhī hòu , dāng wǒ kàn dào xiǎng shōu zàng de dōng xī , zhí jiē diǎn jī páng biān de shōu zàng àn niǔ jí kě .
The general idea is this: After installing the extension, whenever I see something I want to bookmark, I can just click the bookmark button next to it.
同一轮升级还调整了车机主菜单和空调按钮，并为电动 MINI 加入宝马品牌充电站预约。
tóng yī lún shēng jí hái diào zhěng le chē jī zhǔ cài dān hé kōng diào àn niǔ , bìng wéi diàn dòng M I N I jiā rù bǎo mǎ pǐn pái chōng diàn zhàn yù yuē .
The same software update also made adjustments to the infotainment system's main menu and the climate control buttons, and added BMW-branded charging station reservations for the electric MINI.
按钮放在哪里，菜单如何排列，页面展示哪些内容，都由设计师和开发者在产品上线前决定。
àn niǔ fàng zài nǎ lǐ , cài dān rú hé pái liè , xié miàn zhǎn shì nǎ xiē nèi róng , dōu yóu shè jì shī hé kāi fā zhě zài chǎn pǐn shàng xiàn qián jué dìng .
Where buttons are placed, how menus are arranged, and what content appears on the pages are all decided by designers and developers before the product goes live.
我最初想增加一个旋钮，顺时针旋转升高，逆时针旋转降低，按下旋钮停止。
wǒ zuì chū xiǎng zēng jiā yī gè xuán niǔ , shùn shí zhēn xuán zhuǎn shēng gāo , nì shí zhēn xuán zhuǎn jiàng dī , àn xià xuán niǔ tíng zhǐ .
At first, I wanted to add a knob that would raise the level when turned clockwise, lower it when turned counterclockwise, and stop when pressed.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 钅 (metal) component
Frequently Asked Questions
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