Chinese Character 短 Meanings and components.

Form

短

Meaning

短 meaning[3] in English

Short.

Brief.

To Lack.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 短 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are arrow (矢) , and variant of 豆[dou4] (豆)

Its radical[1] is: 矢 (shi3) which means: Arrow, Dart, Straight, To Vow, To Swear, Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3], .矢shi3arrow

In cangjie it is written with OKMRT

How to write 短

To write短duan3short you should write a combination of 矢shi3arrow , 豆dou4variant of … arranged in a 吅 shape:

矢 + 豆 = 短

短 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 短 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 短, looks as follow:

短
Pinyin:duan3 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Short . Brief . To Lack . Weak Point . Fault
矢
Pinyin:shi3
Meaning[3]: Arrow . Dart . Straight . To Vow . To Swear . Old Variant Of 屎[Shi3]
𠂉
Pinyin:𠂉5 Shape:+
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
大
Pinyin:da4
Meaning[3]: Big . Huge . Large . Major . Great . Wide . Deep . Older (Than) . Oldest . Eldest . Greatly . Very Much . (Dialect) Father . Father'S Elder Or Younger Brother
豆
Pinyin:dou4
Meaning[3]: Variant Of 豆[Dou4]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 短in English or Chinese