短 — Chinese character
短
duǎn
brief, short; deficient, lacking
- Pinyin
- duǎn
- Radical
- 111 ⽮ (Arrow)
- Strokes
- 12
- Components
- 矢 豆
- Formation
- pictophonetic — dart; meaning component 矢; sound component 豆
- Japanese
- 短 as a kanji
Common words with 短
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
| 短暂 (短暫) | duǎn zàn | of short duration; brief; momentary |
| 缩短 (縮短) | suō duǎn | to shorten; to reduce; to curtail |
| 短缺 | duǎn quē | shortage |
| 短信 | duǎn xìn | text message; SMS |
| 简短 (簡短) | jiǎn duǎn | brief (statement, summary etc); briefly |
| 短裤 (短褲) | duǎn kù | short pants; shorts |
| 短篇小说 (短篇小說) | duǎn piān xiǎo shuō | short story |
| 短时间 (短時間) | duǎn shí jiān | short term; short time |
| 长短 (長短) | cháng duǎn | length; accident; mishap |
| 发短信 (發短信) | fā duǎn xìn | to send a text message |
English words written with 短
短 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 1 · Analects 3 · Art of War 2 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 12
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 2
- Analects 6.2
- Analects 10.6
- Analects 11.6
- Art of War 5.14
- Art of War 6.34
- Mencius 1A.7
- Mencius 3A.1
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