# 短

| 短 | U+77ED, &#30701; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-77ED |
| ← 矬 [U+77EC] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 矮 → [U+77EE] |

## Translingual
### Han character

短 (Kangxi radical 111, 矢+7, 12 strokes, cangjie input 人大一口廿 (OKMRT), four-corner 8141$_8$, composition ⿰矢豆)

#### Derived characters

* 𢵦, 𬑵, 𫏰, 𥐆, 𥐋, 𥐇, 𥐍, 𧸒, 𥐏, 𪿏, 𬑸, 𥐐, 𥐔, 𬑶, 𥐒, 𥐉

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 824, character 33
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23978
* Dae Jaweon: page 1237, character 22
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2584, character 3
* Unihan data for U+77ED

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 侸 | *toː |
| 剅 | *toː, *roː |
| 郖 | *toː, *doːs |
| 鬪 | *toːs |
| 鋀 | *tʰoː |
| 頭 | *doː |
| 豆 | *doːs |
| 逗 | *doːs, *dos |
| 痘 | *doːs |
| 梪 | *doːs |
| 脰 | *doːs |
| 荳 | *doːs |
| 浢 | *doːs |
| 餖 | *doːs |
| 毭 | *doːs |
| 豎 | *djoʔ |
| 裋 | *djoʔ |
| 短 | *toːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *toːnʔ) : semantic 矢 + phonetic 豆 (OC *doːs).

### Etymology

The Proto-Min reconstructed form is *toiᴮ (Bodman, 1980). The relationship of this to the -n forms in other dialects is unclear and two theories exist:
* Old Chinese *tˤorʔ divergently developed into (1) *toj in southeastern China, and (2) *ton elsewhere (Baxter and Sagart, 2014). Compare also:
** 端 (OC *tˤor) vs 瑞 (OC *[d]or-s)
** 算 (OC *[s]ˤorʔ-s)
** 卵 (OC *k.rˤorʔ).
* Proto-Min may represent the original Old Chinese form, and the forms in other Chinese varieties are due to confusion with 斷 (OC *toːnʔ, *toːns, *doːnʔ, “to cut”) (Schuessler, 2007).
STEDT sets up two roots for this: Proto-Sino-Tibetan *t(j)u(ŋ/n) (“short”), whence Burmese တောင်း (taung:, “short (as in garment)”), and *dəw (“short”), whence Burmese တို (tui, “short”), Mizo tawi (“short”).

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): duǎn (duan$^3$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄉㄨㄢˇ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): duan$^3$
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): дуан (duan, II)
* Cantonese
    (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): dyun$^2$
    (Taishan, Wiktionary): on$^2$
* Gan (Wiktionary): don$^3$
* Hakka
    (Sixian, PFS): tón
    (Meixian, Guangdong): don$^3$
* Jin (Wiktionary): duan$^2$
* Northern Min (KCR): dǒ
* Eastern Min (BUC): dōi / duāng
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): té / tér / toán
    (Teochew, Peng'im): do$^2$
* Wu (Northern, Wugniu): $^5$toe / $^3$toe
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): donn$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: duǎn
*** Zhuyin: ㄉㄨㄢˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: duǎn
*** Wade–Giles: tuan$^3$
*** Yale: dwǎn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: doan
*** Palladius: дуань (duanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /tu̯än²¹⁴/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: duan$^3$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: duan
*** Sinological IPA : /tuan⁵³/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: дуан (duan, II)
*** Sinological IPA : /tuæ̃⁵¹/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: dyun$^2$
*** Yale: dyún
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dyn$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: dün$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /tyːn³⁵/
** (Taishanese, Taicheng)
*** Wiktionary: on$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /ᵘɔn⁵⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: don$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /tɵn²¹³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tón
*** Hakka Romanization System: don$^ˋ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: don$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /ton³¹/
** (Meixian)
*** Guangdong: don$^3$
*** Sinological IPA: /tɔn³¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: duan$^2$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /tuæ̃⁵³/
* Northern Min
** (Jian'ou)
*** Kienning Colloquial Romanized: dǒ
*** Sinological IPA : /to²¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: dōi / duāng
*** Sinological IPA : /tøy³³/, /tuaŋ³³/
* dōi - colloquial (“short (of distance)”);
* duāng - literary (“short; deficient; shortcoming”).
* Middle Chinese: twanX
Rime :
| Character | 短 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 端 (5) |
| Final (韻) | 桓 (62) |
| Tone (調) | Rising (X) |
| Openness (開合) | Closed |
| Division (等) | I |
| Fanqie | 都管切 |
| Baxter | twanX |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /tuɑn$^X$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /tʷɑn$^X$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /tuɑn$^X$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /twan$^X$/ |
| Li Rong | /tuɑn$^X$/ |
| Wang Li | /tuɑn$^X$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /tuɑn$^X$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | duǎn |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | dyun$^2$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤorʔ/
    (Zhengzhang): /*toːnʔ/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 短 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | duǎn |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ twan$^X$ › |
| Old Chinese | /*tˁorʔ/ |
| English | short |
| Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary. ||
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 短 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 2480 |
| Phonetic component | 豆 |
| Rime group | 元 |
| Rime subdivision | 3 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 短 |
| Old Chinese | /*toːnʔ/ |

### Definitions

短
* short (of distance)
    Antonym: 長 / 长
* short (of time); brief
* (literary or Wu) short (in stature)
    From: Xunzi, c. 3rd century BCE
    Gài Dì Yáo cháng, Dì Shùn duǎn; Wénwáng cháng, Zhōugōng duǎn; Zhòngní cháng, Zǐgōng duǎn. [Pinyin]
    Emperor Yao was tall, but Emperor Shun was short; King Wen was tall, but the Duke of Zhou was short; Confucius was tall, but Zigong was short.
* deficient; lacking
* weakness; shortcoming; mistake
* (Mainland China, transitive) to text; to send a text message to

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 矮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 矮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chengde | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 矮 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Heihe | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Qiqihar | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jiamusi | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Baicheng | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Changchun | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Tonghua | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 矮 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tianjin | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Shijiazhuang | 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Lijin | 矮, 矬 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dalian | 矮 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Dandong | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 矮, 矬 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Zhucheng | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Lingbao | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Jining | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 低 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Linfen | 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xinyang | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baihe | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 矮, 矬, 低 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Tianshui | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 矮 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Fuyang | 矮 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 矮, 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 矮, 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Dunhuang | 矮, 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Hami | 矬 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 矬, 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dazhou | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanyuan | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xichang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zigong | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chongqing | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Yichang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Xiangyang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Tianmen | 矮, 矮矬 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zunyi | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Bijie | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liping | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Jishou | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Changde | 矮 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Hanzhong | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianyungang | 矮, 矬 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Anqing | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Wuhu | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 矮 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 矮 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 矮 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 矮 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 矮 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 矮 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 矮 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 矮 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 矮 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 矮 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 矮 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 矮 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 矮, 低 |
| Jin | Yangyuan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Datong | 低 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 矮, 低 |
| Jin | Lüliang (Lishi) | 矮 |
| Jin | Changzhi | 矮, 低 |
| Jin | Linhe | 矬 |
| Jin | Jining | 矬 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 矬 |
| Jin | Erenhot | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 矬 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Handan | 矮, 矬 |
| Jin | Linzhou | 矮 |
| Jin | Suide | 矮 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 矮 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 矮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Hongmaogang, Siaogang) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Tianliao) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Magong) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Penang (Hokkien) | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Chaozhou | 矮 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 矮 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 矮 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 矮 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 矮, 短 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 矮 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 矮 |
| Wu | Danyang | 矮 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 矮 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 矮 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 矮 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 短 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 矮 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 矮 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 矮 |

### Compounds

* 一爭長短 / 一争长短
* 一較長短 / 一较长短
* 一長一短 / 一长一短 (yīchángyīduǎn)
* 一長二短 / 一长二短
* 一長兩短 / 一长两短
* 七長八短 / 七长八短
* 三長兩短 / 三长两短 (sānchángliǎngduǎn)
* 不短
* 中短波
* 五短身材
* 亡身短命
* 人窮志短 / 人穷志短 (rénqióngzhìduǎn)
* 人窮智短 / 人穷智短
* 人貧智短 / 人贫智短
* 你長我短 / 你长我短
* 修短
* 前長後短 / 前长后短
* 匾短
* 十個指頭有長短 / 十个指头有长短
* 十指有長短 / 十指有长短
* 取長補短 / 取长补短 (qǔchángbǔduǎn)
* 吃人的嘴軟，拿人的手短 / 吃人的嘴软，拿人的手短
* 問長問短 / 问长问短 (wènchángwènduǎn)
* 喉長氣短 / 喉长气短
* 大風吹倒梧桐樹，自有旁人說短長 / 大风吹倒梧桐树，自有旁人说短长
* 家長裡短 / 家长里短
* 寸長尺短 / 寸长尺短
* 尋短見 / 寻短见 (xúnduǎnjiàn)
* 尺有所短，寸有所長 / 尺有所短，寸有所长 (chǐyǒusuǒduǎn, cùnyǒusuǒcháng)
* 尺短寸長 / 尺短寸长 (chǐduǎncùncháng)
* 庇短
* 張家長李家短 / 张家长李家短
* 心長髮短 / 心长发短
* 志大才短
* 念短頭經 / 念短头经
* 怕長怕短 / 怕长怕短
* 惡惡從短 / 恶恶从短
* 情長紙短 / 情长纸短
* 截短拳
* 截長補短 / 截长补短
* 戳短拳
* 才短氣粗 / 才短气粗
* 手長衣袖短 / 手长衣袖短
* 打短 (dǎduǎn)
* 打短兒 / 打短儿 (dǎduǎnr)
* 折長補短 / 折长补短
* 拔短梯
* 拔短籌 / 拔短筹
* 拔著短籌 / 拔著短筹
* 持人長短 / 持人长短
* 指長話短 / 指长话短
* 捨短取長 / 舍短取长
* 揭短 (jiēduǎn)
* 揚長避短 / 扬长避短 (yángchángbìduǎn)
* 撥火又長，拄門又短 / 拨火又长，拄门又短
* 數短論長 / 数短论长
* 斷長續短 / 断长续短
* 斷長補短 / 断长补短
* 旁人短長 / 旁人短长
* 春宵苦短
* 是長是短 / 是长是短
* 晝短夜長 / 昼短夜长
* 智短
* 更長夢短 / 更长梦短
* 木杓火杖兒短，強如手撥剌 / 木杓火杖儿短，强如手拨剌
* 東家長西家短 / 东家长西家短 (dōngjiā cháng xījiā duǎn)
* 棄短取長 / 弃短取长
* 極短篇 / 极短篇
* 毀短 / 毁短
* 氣短 / 气短 (qìduǎn)
* 汲深綆短 / 汲深绠短
* 沒短的 / 没短的
* 爭短論長 / 争短论长
* 爭長爭短 / 争长争短
* 爭長競短 / 争长竞短
* 爭長論短 / 争长论短
* 理短
* 當著矮人，別說短話 / 当著矮人，别说短话
* 目光短淺 / 目光短浅 (mùguāngduǎnqiǎn)
* 目短於自見 / 目短于自见
* 眼光短淺 / 眼光短浅
* 短不了
* 短亭
* 短促 (duǎncù)
* 短價 / 短价
* 短兒 / 短儿
* 短兵 (duǎnbīng)
* 短兵接戰 / 短兵接战
* 短兵相接 (duǎnbīngxiāngjiē)
* 短刀 (duǎndāo)
* 短劇 / 短剧
* 短句
* 短命 (duǎnmìng)
* 短命鬼 (duǎnmìngguǐ)
* 短嘆長吁 / 短叹长吁
* 短垣自逾
* 短壽促命 / 短寿促命
* 短小 (duǎnxiǎo)
* 短小精悍 (duǎnxiǎo jīnghàn)
* 短少 (duǎnshǎo)
* 短局
* 短局促
* 短工 (duǎngōng)
* 短平快 (duǎnpíngkuài)
* 短幸
* 短序 (duǎnxù)
* 短後 / 短后
* 短戟 (duǎnjǐ)
* 短打
* 短折
* 短接 (duǎnjiē)
* 短撥 / 短拨
* 短撅兒 / 短撅儿
* 短文 (duǎnwén)
* 短斤缺兩 / 短斤缺两
* 短暫 / 短暂 (duǎnzàn)
* 短書 / 短书
* 短期 (duǎnqī)
* 短期投資 / 短期投资
* 短槍 / 短枪 (duǎnqiāng)
* 短欠
* 短款
* 短氣 / 短气
* 短波 (duǎnbō)
* 短波廣播 / 短波广播
* 短淺 / 短浅 (duǎnqiǎn)
* 短漏
* 短片 (duǎnpiàn)
* 短盤 / 短盘
* 短票
* 短視 / 短视 (duǎnshì)
* 短視近利 / 短视近利
* 短禮 / 短礼
* 短秤 (duǎnchèng)
* 短程 (duǎnchéng)
* 短笛 (duǎndí)
* 短筆 / 短笔
* 短篇 (duǎnpiān)
* 短篇小說 / 短篇小说 (duǎnpiān xiǎoshuō)
* 短簡 / 短简
* 短絀 / 短绌
* 短綆汲深 / 短绠汲深
* 短線 / 短线 (duǎnxiàn)
* 短缺 (duǎnquē)
* 短處 / 短处 (duǎnchu)
* 短行
* 短衣 (duǎnyī)
* 短袖 (duǎnxiù)
* 短裙 (duǎnqún)
* 短褐
* 短褐不全
* 短褐不完
* 短褲 / 短裤 (duǎnkù)
* 短襖 / 短袄
* 短見 / 短见 (duǎnjiàn)
* 短見薄識 / 短见薄识
* 短計 / 短计
* 短訊 / 短讯 (duǎnxùn)
* 短評 / 短评 (duǎnpíng)
* 短話 / 短话
* 短語 / 短语 (duǎnyǔ)
* 短調 / 短调
* 短趁
* 短跑 (duǎnpǎo)
* 短路 (duǎnlù)
* 短途 (duǎntú)
* 短道兒 / 短道儿
* 短遞 / 短递
* 短針 / 短针 (duǎnzhēn)
* 短長 / 短长
* 短長之說 / 短长之说
* 短音 (duǎnyīn)
* 短頭 / 短头
* 短髮 / 短发 (duǎnfà)
* 種火又長，拄門又短 / 种火又长，拄门又短
* 競短爭長 / 竞短争长
* 箸長碗短 / 箸长碗短
* 簡短 / 简短 (jiǎnduǎn)
* 精悍短小
* 紙短情長 / 纸短情长
* 絕長繼短 / 绝长继短
* 絕長續短 / 绝长续短
* 絕長補短 / 绝长补短
* 綆短汲深 / 绠短汲深
* 縮短 / 缩短 (suōduǎn)
* 缺斤短兩 / 缺斤短两 (quējīnduǎnliǎng)
* 自尋短見 / 自寻短见 (zìxúnduǎnjiàn)
* 臭短臊長 / 臭短臊长
* 舍短取長 / 舍短取长
* 舍短從長 / 舍短从长
* 舍短用長 / 舍短用长
* 舍短錄長 / 舍短录长
* 英雄氣短 / 英雄气短
* 英雄短氣 / 英雄短气
* 虧心短行 / 亏心短行
* 虧短 / 亏短
* 蜚短流長 / 蜚短流长 (fēiduǎnliúcháng)
* 行短
* 行短才喬 / 行短才乔
* 行短才高
* 補短 / 补短
* 見短 / 见短
* 見識淺短 / 见识浅短
* 計窮智短 / 计穷智短
* 訾短
* 說短論長 / 说短论长
* 說短道長 / 说短道长
* 說短長 / 说短长 (shuō duǎn cháng)
* 說長短 / 说长短
* 說長說短 / 说长说短
* 說長論短 / 说长论短
* 說長道短 / 说长道短 (shuōchángdàoduǎn)
* 議長論短 / 议长论短
* 護短 / 护短 (hùduǎn)
* 貨短 / 货短
* 超短波 (chāoduǎnbō)
* 較短量長 / 较短量长
* 長亭短亭 / 长亭短亭
* 長吁短嘆 / 长吁短叹 (chángxūduǎntàn)
* 長痛不如短痛 / 长痛不如短痛 (cháng tòng bùrú duǎn tòng)
* 長短 / 长短 (chángduǎn)
* 長短不一 / 长短不一
* 長短句 / 长短句 (chángduǎnjù)
* 長處搯，短處捏 / 长处搯，短处捏
* 長話短說 / 长话短说 (chánghuàduǎnshuō)
* 長長短短 / 长长短短
* 飛流短長 / 飞流短长
* 飛短流長 / 飞短流长
* 髮短心長 / 发短心长
* 鶴長鳧短 / 鹤长凫短 (hèchángfúduǎn)

### References

* “Entry #8791”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)
* short, brief

#### Readings

* Go-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
* Kan-on: たん (tan, Jōyō)
* Kun: みじかい (mijikai, 短い, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 短音(たんおん) (tan'on)
* 短歌(たんか) (tanka)
* 短気(たんき) (tanki)
* 短期(たんき) (tanki)
* 短距離(たんきょり) (tankyori)
* 短剣(たんけん) (tanken)
* 短冊(たんざく) (tanzaku)
* 短日(たんじつ) (tanjitsu)
* 短銃(たんじゅう) (tanjū)
* 短所(たんしょ) (tansho)
* 短小(たんしょう) (tanshō)
* 短信(たんしん) (tanshin)
* 短針(たんしん) (tanshin)
* 短調(たんちゅう) (tanchū)
* 短刀(たんとう) (tantō)
* 短髪(たんぱつ) (tanpatsu): short hair
* 短文(たんぶん) (tanbun)
* 短編(たんぺん) (tanpen)
* 短命(たんめい) (tanmei)
* 短絡(たんらく) (tanraku)
* 短慮(たんりょ) (tanryo)

### Etymology

* Kanji in this term
* 短
* たん Grade: 3
* on'yomi
From Middle Chinese 短 (twan$^X$, “short”).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) たん [táꜜǹ] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [tã̠ɴ]

### Noun

短(たん) • (tan)
* fault, weak point
* (music) minor

#### Antonyms

* 長(ちょう) (chō)

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

## Korean
### Hanja

短 (eumhun 짧을 단 (jjalbeul dan))
* hanja form of 단 (“short”)

#### Compounds

* 단기간 (短期間, dan'gigan, “a short period”)

## Vietnamese
### Han character

短: Hán Nôm readings: đoản, đuỗn, ngắn, vắn
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