短い

Kanji breakdown

• 短 (duǎn) · 12 strokes

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

• い

Example sentences

1. 人生は短い。 — Life is short.
2. 彼は気が短い。 — He has a bad temper.
3. 彼女の髪は短い。 — She has short hair.
4. 人生なんて短い。 — How short life is!
5. トムは気が短い。 — Tom has a short temper.

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