kòu

button

hand (扌) + mouth (口) = fasten with fingers

The hand radical drives the meaning: fastening or pressing something with your fingers. 口 mainly contributes the sound kòu rather than a mouth-related idea.

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MouthPhonetic
HandSemantic

这件衬衫的子掉了一个。

zhè jiàn chènshān de kòuzi diào le yī gè。

one of this shirt's buttons fell off。

她帮我把最上面的子系上了。

tā bāng wǒ bǎ zuì shàngmiàn de kòuzi jì shàng le。

she helped me fasten the topmost button。

Words with 扣

QR扣

q r kòu

(Tw) (loanword) QR code

扣眼

kòu yǎn

buttonhole

扣子

kòu zi

button

扣眼儿

kòu yǎn r

erhua variant of 釦眼|扣眼[kou4 yan3]

钮扣

niǔ kòu

variant of 紐扣|纽扣[niu3 kou4]

钩扣

gōu kòu

hook

门扣

mén kòu

door latch

预扣

yù kòu

to withhold

领扣

lǐng kòu

collar button

黏扣带

nián kòu dài

velcro (Tw)

七折八扣

qī zhé bā kòu

lit. various cuts and deductions (idiom)

不折不扣

bù zhé bù kòu

a hundred percent

More characters with 扌