also: おしぼたん
push button; push-button
A button that is pressed to operate something, such as a doorbell, elevator, or machine control.
Please press the elevator's push button.
This machine operates with a single push of a button.
push-button pedestrian crossing; pelican crossing · push-button operated
virtual push button; light button
push-button switch
Standard mixed kanji-katakana spelling; the most common written form.
Variant without okurigana; less common but still seen.
Uses the rare kanji 釦 for 'button'; reading is おしぼたん.
Rare variant without okurigana and with 釦; reading is おしぼたん.
Compound of 押し (pushing, from verb 押す 'to push') and ボタン (button, from English 'button').