纽

niǔ = ni + ou3

to turn / to wrench / button / nu (Greek letter Νν)

纽 = 丑 + 纟 : The ugly ox (丑) complained about his itching belly button (纽) in front of Nefertiti (ni) in the outhouse (ou3). Promptly Nefertiti turns (纽) him around and finds that there is a silk worm (纟) looking out of his belly button (纽), which she pulls out with a wrench (纽).

纽 character breakdown

纽
- 丑
  - 二
    - 一
  - 刀
    - 丿
    - ㇆
      - 一
      - 亅
- 纟

chǒu = ch + ou3

clown / 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox / ancient Chinese compass point: 30°

丑 = 二 + 刀 : Charlie Chaplin (ch) finds a very ugly (丑) ox (丑) in the outhouse (ou3) and decides to destroy it with a cleaver (刀) because it is so ugly. He'll soon notice that the ox has been hooked up to a charged capacitor (二) so that anyone trying to damage it will be shocked.

si̅ = s + Ø1

"silk" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 120), occurring in 紅|红[hong2], 綠|绿[lü4], 累[lei4] etc / also pr. [mi4]

A silk worm.

chǒu = ch + ou3

shameful / ugly / disgraceful

Characters with 纽 as component

纽 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 纽

hub (e.g. of traffic network) / hinge / pivot / fulcrum

Niue (island)

decorated knob protruding from seal, allowing it to be strung on a cord

Inuit (politically correct term for Eskimo 愛斯基摩人|爱斯基摩人)

Inuit

Chișinău (aka Kishinev), capital of Moldova (Tw)

Papua New Guinea (Tw)

(Tw) abbr. for Papua New Guinea 巴布亞紐幾內亞|巴布亚纽几内亚[Ba1 bu4 ya4 Niu3 Ji1 nei4 ya4]

Australia and New Zealand

abbr. for 紐約證券交易所|纽约证券交易所[Niu3 yue1 Zheng4 quan4 Jiao1 yi4 suo3]

Newcastle

button

New Guinea / Papua-New Guinea

New York Times, abbr. for 紐約時報|纽约时报[Niu3 Yue1 Shi2 bao4]

New Yorker

New York University

The New Yorker, US magazine / resident of New York

New York City

traffic hub

Emanuel; Immanuel (name)

Sentences with 纽

纽 currently does not appear in any sentence.