紐

See also 纽

Translingual

Han character

紐 (radical 120 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火弓土 (VFNG), four-corner 2791₅)

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

References

• KangXi: page 916, character 22
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27268
• Dae Jaweon: page 1346, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3377, character 7
• Unihan data for U+7D10

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Cantonese

Hanzi

紐 (simplified 纽, Yale nau2)

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Japanese

Kanji

紐

Readings

• On: ちゅう (chū), じゅう (jū)
• Kun: ひも (himo)

Noun

紐 (hiragana ひも, romaji himo)

1. That which is used to tie or bundle things up; a string.
2. (slang) A man who receives currency by making a woman work, typically in prostitution; a pimp.

Coordinate terms

• 糸 (いと, ito, “thread”)

References

• The American Heritage's Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation. All rights reserved.

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Korean

Hanja

紐 (hangeul 뉴>유, revised nyu>yu, McCune-Reischauer nyu>yu, Yale nyu>yu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

紐 (simplified 纽, pinyin niǔ (niu3), Wade-Giles niu³)

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Vietnamese

Han character

紐 (nữu, néo)