Chinese symbol for “knob”
旋钮
xuán niǔ
Traditional: 旋鈕
knob (e.g. handle or radio button)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for knob is 旋钮 (xuán niǔ), defined as: knob (e.g. handle or radio button).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “knob”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 旋钮.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 旋转 (旋轉) | xuán zhuǎn | to rotate; to revolve |
| 旋律 | xuán lǜ | melody |
| 旋风 (旋風) | xuàn fēng | whirlwind; tornado |
| 螺旋 | luó xuán | spiral; helix |
| 气旋 (氣旋) | qì xuán | cyclone |
| 主旋律 | zhǔ xuán lǜ | (music) theme; principal melody; (fig.) central theme; main idea |
| 按钮 (按鈕) | àn niǔ | to push a button; button (one that can be pressed to trigger an action) |
| 钮扣 (鈕釦) | niǔ kòu | variant of 纽扣 (niǔ kòu) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “knob”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.