U+9215 "鈕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+9215 "鈕" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that traditionally refers to a button, knob, or loop used for fastening clothing or for the button of a door, and it also signifies a seal handle or the catch of a buckle. In modern usage, it commonly appears in the word "紐扣" (niǔkòu) meaning "button," and it can denote a key or pivotal component in mechanisms, symbolizing something that connects or fastens. This character belongs to the radical "金" (jīn, meaning "metal") with nine additional strokes, reflecting its historical association with metal fasteners or ornate fittings on objects like official seals.

General Properties

Code Point U+9215
Version Added 1.1
Name CJK Unified Ideograph-#
Block CJK Unified Ideographs
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 鈕
HTML Hex Encoding 鈕
UTF-8 Encoding 0xE9 0x88 0x95
UTF-16 Encoding 0x9215
UTF-32 Encoding 0x00009215
C/C++/Java Escape \u9215

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Ideographic
East Asian Width Wide
Script Han
Script Extensions Han
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Other
Sentence Break OLetter
Ideographic Yes
Unified Ideograph Yes

Unihan Properties

kBigFive B673
kCCCII 215D49
kCNS1986 1-625A
kCNS1992 1-625A
kCangjie CNG
kCantonese nau2
kCihaiT 1372.601
kCowles 2868
kDaeJaweon 1801.150
kDefinition button, knob; surname
kEACC 215D49
kFanqie 女久
kFenn 676B
kFennIndex 366.03
kFourCornerCode 8711.5
kGB1 3705
kGradeLevel 3
kHangul 뉴:N
kHanYu 64180.140
kHanyuPinyin 64180.140:niǔ,chǒu
kHKGlyph 4237
kIICore ATJHKM
kIRGDaeJaweon 1801.150
kIRGHanyuDaZidian 64180.140
kIRGKangXi 1298.230
kIRG_GSource G1-4525
kIRG_HSource HB1-B673
kIRG_JSource J0-6E66
kIRG_KPSource KP1-7FDF
kIRG_KSource K2-677B
kIRG_TSource T1-625A
kIRG_VSource V0-462A
kJapanese チュウ ジュウ ニュ チュ つまみ ぼたん
kKoreanName 2015
kJapaneseKun TSUMAMI BOTAN
kJapaneseOn CHUU JUU
kJis0 7870
kKangXi 1298.230
kLau 2278
kMandarin niǔ
kMatthews 4743
kMeyerWempe 1973
kMojiJoho MJ026681
kMorohashi 40228
kNelson 4824
kPhonetic 90
kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 C+6979+167.8.4
kRSUnicode 167.4
kSBGY 321.32
kSimplifiedVariant "钮" U+94AE CJK Unified Ideograph-#
kSMSZD2003Index 718.15
kSMSZD2003Readings niǔ粵nau2
kTaiwanTelegraph 6873
kTang niǒu
kTotalStrokes 12
kUnihanCore2020 HJMT
kVietnamese nạo
kXerox 264:117