旋钮
xuán​niǔ

knob

旋 xuán revolve

An army 方 marching under a flag 疋

Components

方
方 Meaning component
fāng, fang square
疋
疋 Meaning component
pǐ, shū, yǎ foot

Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (0 of 3 verified)

璇漩镟

Meaning (0 of 2 verified)

璇漩

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartzjwens-ɢʷenturn around; return
zjwenHs-ɢʷen-swhorl of hair on the head
Zhengzhangsɢʷan
sɢʷans
Unicodeziuɛn

說文解字

周旋，旌旗之指麾也。从㫃从疋。疋，足也。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

钮 niǔ, chǒu button Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 钅 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound. Simplified form of 鈕.

Components

钅
钅 Meaning component
jīn metal

钅 is a component form of 金.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

鈕 button Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 釒 represents the meaning and 丑 represents the sound.

Components

釒
釒 Meaning component
jīn metal

釒 is a component form of 金.

丑
丑 Sound component
chǒu second earthly branch; (simp.) ugly

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangnuʔ
Unicodeniǒu

說文解字

印鼻也。从金丑聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)