The second component is a spectroscopic binary star system.

[16] Consequently, the Chinese name for 𝜈 Draconis itself is 天棓二 (Tiān Bàng èr, English: the Second Star of Celestial Flail.

[18] 𝜈1 Draconis is an Am star, a slowly rotating chemically peculiar star with abnormally strong metallic absorption lines in its spectrum.

[4] 𝜈2 Draconis is a spectroscopic binary with a period of 38 days.

The two stars are separated by 0.267 au on average, and they have an almost circular orbit with an eccentricity of 0.03.