紐

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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Han character 1.1.1 References 2 Cantonese 2.1 Hanzi 3 Japanese 3.1 Kanji 3.1.1 Readings 3.2 Noun 3.3 References 4 Korean 4.1 Hanja 5 Mandarin 5.1 Hanzi

[edit] Translingual

[edit] 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

[edit] 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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[edit] Cantonese

[edit] Hanzi

紐 (simplified 纽, Yale nau2)

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Kanji

紐

[edit] Readings

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

[edit] 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 makes money by making a woman work, typically prostitution; a pimp

[edit] 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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[edit] Korean

[edit] Hanja

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

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[edit] Mandarin

[edit] Hanzi

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