duǎn

short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault

Radical: 矢 HSK 2 a pictophonetic

Components & Etymology

短 decomposes into the following components:

Semantic component: ; phonetic component: .

Words containing 短

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 短.

弄短
nòng duǎn
护短
hù duǎn
揭短
jiē duǎn
暂短
zàn duǎn
浅短
qiǎn duǎn
短仓
duǎn cāng
短传
duǎn chuán
短促
duǎn cù
短信
duǎn xìn
短债
duǎn zhài
短剑
duǎn jiàn
短剧
duǎn jù

Related characters (radical 矢)

Characters that share the radical .

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