纽
to turn; to wrench; button; nu (Greek letter Νν)
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,638 U+7EBD
How 纽 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “thread”) + 丑 (phonetic, chǒu)
How to remember it
New York · Heisig RSH #2948
thread + 丑 clown
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 丑
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 丑 (chǒu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 丑 sound component | chǒu | ugly; shameful; comedian, clown |
| 扭 | niǔ | to turn, to twist, to wrench; to grasp, to seize |
| 钮 | niǔ | button, knob; surname |
| 妞 | niū | girl |
| 忸 | niǔ | blushing, bashful, ashamed |
| 狃 | niǔ | greedy, covetous; accustomed to |
Words containing 纽
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 巴布亚纽几内亚 | Bā bù yà Niǔ Jī nèi yà | (Tw) Papua New Guinea |
| 纽卡斯尔 | Niǔ kǎ sī ěr | Newcastle (place name) |
| 维尔纽斯 | Wéi ěr niǔ sī | Vilnius, capital of Lithuania |
| 纽约大学 | Niǔ yuē Dà xué | New York University |
| 纽约时报 | Niǔ yuē Shí bào | New York Times (newspaper) |
| 基西纽 | Jī xī niǔ | Chișinău (aka Kishinev), capital of Moldova (Tw) |
| 纽芬兰与拉布拉多 | Niǔ fēn lán yǔ Lā bù lā duō | Newfoundland and Labrador, province of Canada |
| 纽西兰 | Niǔ xī lán | New Zealand (Tw) |
| 纽约证券交易所 | Niǔ yuē Zhèng quàn Jiāo yì suǒ | New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) |
| 纽约人 | Niǔ yuē rén | New Yorker |
| 纽约市 | Niǔ yuē Shì | New York City |
| 纽几内亚 | Niǔ Jī nèi yà | New Guinea; Papua-New Guinea |
| 纽卡素 | niǔ kǎ sù | Newcastle |
| 纽交所 | Niǔ jiāo suǒ | New York Stock Exchange (abbr. for 紐約證券交易所|纽约证券交易所[Niu3 yue1 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3]) |
| 纽约州 | Niǔ yuē zhōu | New York state |
| 纽瓦克 | Niǔ wǎ kè | Newark (place name) |
| 伊曼纽尔 | Yī màn niǔ ěr | Emanuel; Immanuel (name) |
| 纽约客 | Niǔ yuē kè | The New Yorker, US magazine; resident of New York |
| 因纽特 | Yīn niǔ tè | Inuit |
| 纽子 | niǔ zi | button |