短 duǎn
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 矢 — arrow, dart
- Made of
- 矢 arrow, dart 豆 beans, peas
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
短
duǎn
short
Character
Example phrases
- 这条路很短。 Zhè tiáo lù hěn duǎn. This road is very short.
- 裙子太短了。 Qúnzi tài duǎn le. The skirt is too short.
- 他说得很短。 Tā shuō de hěn duǎn. He said it very briefly.