短
short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
12 strokes
Dict coverage rank #532 U+77ED
How 短 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
矢 (semantic, “dart”) + 豆 (phonetic, dòu)
How to remember it
short · Heisig RSH #1132
矢 dart + table
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 豆
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 豆 (dòu) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 豆 sound component | dòu | beans, peas; bean-shaped |
| 登 | dēng | to rise, to mount, to board, to climb |
| 逗 | dòu | to entice, to tempt; to arouse, to stir |
| 厨 | chú | kitchen; closet, cupboard |
| 痘 | dòu | smallpox |
Words containing 短
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 东家长西家短 | dōng jiā cháng xī jiā duǎn | to gossip (idiom) |
| 一长一短 | yī cháng yī duǎn | (idiom) talking endlessly; long-winded |
| 家长家短 | jiā cháng jiā duǎn | family goings-on |
| 打短儿 | dǎ duǎn r | casual labor; to work for a bit |
| 说长道短 | shuō cháng dào duǎn | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
| 眼光短 | yǎn guāng duǎn | short-sighted |
| 张家长，李家短 | Zhāng jiā cháng , Lǐ jiā duǎn | lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors |
| 论长道短 | lùn cháng dào duǎn | lit. to discuss sb's merits and demerits (idiom); to gossip |
| 飞短流长 | fēi duǎn liú cháng | variant of 蜚短流長|蜚短流长[fei1 duan3 liu2 chang2] |
| 发短信 | fā duǎn xìn | to send a text message |
| 长话短说 | cháng huà duǎn shuō | (idiom) to make a long story short; to keep it brief |
| 三长两短 | sān cháng liǎng duǎn | unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death |
| 短波长 | duǎn bō cháng | short wavelength |
| 短中取长 | duǎn zhōng qǔ cháng | see 短中抽長|短中抽长[duan3 zhong1 chou1 chang2] |
| 短时间 | duǎn shí jiān | short term; short time |
| 吃人家的嘴软，拿人家的手短 | chī rén jiā de zuǐ ruǎn , ná rén jiā de shǒu duǎn | lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't rea… |
| 短发 | duǎn fà | short hair |
| 长短 | cháng duǎn | length; accident; mishap; right and wrong; good and bad; merits and demerits |
| 短文 | duǎn wén | short piece; article; short essay |
| 短多 | duǎn duō | good prospects in the short term (finance) |