短 (duǎn)
Short (in length, duration, or height); brief.
How 短 is written
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 矢 — arrow
- Traditional
- 短
- Simplified
- 短 (unchanged)
Components
- 矢 arrow
- 豆 bean
Common words using 短
- 短信 duǎnxìn
- text message; SMS
- 短暫 duǎnzàn
- of short duration; brief; momentary
- 短期 duǎnqī
- short-term
- 短片 duǎnpiàn
- short film; short video; (video-sharing website) video
- 短袖 duǎnxiù
- short sleeves; short-sleeved shirt
- 短褲 duǎnkù
- shorts; breechcloth; knee breeches
- 簡短 jiǎnduǎn
- brief; short-duration
- 人窮志短 rénqióngzhìduǎn
- poor and with low expectations; poverty stunts ambition
- 取長補短 qǔchángbǔduǎn
- lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius); to use this in place of that; what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
- 尋短見 xúnduǎnjiàn
- to commit suicide
- 弄短 nòngduǎn
- to shorten; shortening
- 短促 duǎncù
- short in time; fleeting; brief
短 in a sentence
她的頭髮很短。
Tā de tóufǎ hěn duǎn.
“Her hair is very short.”
How common is 短?
短 is the 887th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 87.2% of all running text.
Characters that appear with 短
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