short / brief / to lack / weak point / fault

= + : Doggy Dog (du) is playing darts (矢) with some buddies inside of the anthill (an3). He ate a bunch of beans (豆) before, so every time he throws a dart (矢), he has to go to the bathroom for a short duration (短) to fart.

短 character breakdown

arrow / dart / straight / to vow / to swear / old variant of 屎[shi3]

= 𠂉 + : Sherlock Holmes and the robot are playing darts in the space station. Sherlock Holmes is a sore loser and thus programmed the robot to throw keys instead of real darts.
variant of 豆[dou4]
bean / pea / CL:棵[ke1],粒[li4] / sacrificial vessel

= + 𠮛 : Don Quixote (d) is posting a scroll (𠮛) in the outhouse's bathroom (ou4). He's advertising beans (豆) out of which weed (䒑) will grow.

Characters with 短 as component

短 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 短

unexpected misfortune / unexpected accident / sudden death
lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius) / to use this in place of that / what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
short-sighted / suicide
(of a person) short in stature
(bird species of China) Asian short-toed lark (Alaudala cheleensis)
talking endlessly / long-winded
Life is short, learning is limitless / Ars longa, vita brevis
poor and with low expectations / poverty stunts ambition
(bird species of China) Baikal bush warbler (Locustella davidi)
short- or medium-term loan
(bird species of China) Chinese bush warbler (Locustella tacsanowskia)

Sentences with 短

短 currently does not appear in any sentence.