Memory phrase for the character: 短

短

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Meaning short or brief, to lack, weak point, fault

Pronunciation

duǎn

Explanation

Left: arrow 矢 (= An arrow ノ in the sky 天), right: bean 豆

Mnemonic
 
An arrow of the size of a bean is very short.

Radicals

矢 arrowAn arrow ノ flies in the sky 天.
豆 beanshows eating / sacrificial vessel with a high round base, and is also interpreted as a drum.
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 Vocabulary

长短 cháng duǎn  length; duration; accident; right and wrong; good and bad; long and short
短期 duǎn qī  short-term
缩短 suō duǎn  to curtail; to cut down
短篇小说 duǎn piān xiǎo shuō  narrative; short story
短小精悍 duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn  small but robust (idiom); concise and forceful
短小精悍 duǎn xiǎo jīng hàn  

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