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
短裤
duǎnkù
shorts
Characters in this word
裤 kù
- Strokes
- 12
- Radical
- 衤 — cloth
- Made of
- 衤 cloth 库 armory, treasury, warehouse
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 我穿短裤。 Wǒ chuān duǎnkù. I wear shorts.
- 短裤很凉快。 Duǎnkù hěn liángkuai. Shorts are nice and cool.
- 他买短裤。 Tā mǎi duǎnkù. He buys shorts.