短
短 — dan
Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).
Parts that make up 短
How 短 was formed
Traditional analysis treats 短 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 矢, 豆.
Korean example words with 短
- 단장短牆 Korean gloss: 낮은 담
- 단기短期 Korean gloss: 짧은 기간
- 단총短銃 Korean gloss: 짤막한 총
- 단장短杖 Korean gloss: 짧은 지팡이
- 단편短鞭 Korean gloss: 짤막한 채찍
- 단구短軀 Korean gloss: 작은 키의 몸
- 단신短身 Korean gloss: 작은 키의 몸
- 단검短劍 Korean gloss: 길이가 짧은 칼
- 단모短毛 Korean gloss: 길이가 짧은 털
- 단봉短棒 Korean gloss: 짧고 둥근 막대기
- 단야短夜 Korean gloss: 여름날의 짧은 밤
- 단평短評 Korean gloss: 짧고 간단한 비평
Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)
Japanese words with 短
- 短期たんき short-term
- 短大たんだい junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
- 短歌たんか tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
- 短縮たんしゅく shortening; contraction; reduction
- 長短ちょうたん (relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses
- 短期間たんきかん short term; short time
- 短時間たんじかん short time
- 短編たんぺん short story; short film; short poem
- 短距離たんきょり short distance; short range; short-haul
- 短銃たんじゅう pistol
- 最短さいたん shortest
- 短命たんめい short life; short lived
Characters sharing the phonetic 豆
Most Han characters pair a meaning part with a sound part. Characters sharing a sound part are usually read alike.
Other hanja read “단”
Other hanja with radical 矢
Some glosses are machine-generated. Sources and licences are listed together — sources and licences