Chinese Character Wiki
短

duǎn

short

Phonosemantic compound. 矢 represents the meaning and 豆 represents the sound.

Components
矢 meaning component

矢  Meaning component

shǐ

  

arrow

豆 sound component

豆  Sound component

dòu

  

bean

Evolution

短 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
短 Clerical script Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical script

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
短 Clerical script Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical script

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
短 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
短 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

短  

duǎn

short; brief; deficient, lacking; to lack; weak point; fault

Most common words with 短
Freq.
Word
Meaning

短

short

短期

short term

短暂

brief

短裤

shorts

短线

short term

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tˤorʔ

twanX

duǎn

short


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 41.5345% of movies

1007th most common character in movies

889th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

12

Unicode

U+77ED

Shuowen

“短，有所長短，以矢為正。从矢，豆聲。”


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