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

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
(bird species of China) greater short-toed lark (Calandrella brachydactyla)
lit. the mouth that has been fed by others is soft, the hand that has received doesn't reach (idiom) / fig. one is partial to those from whom presents have been accepted
lit. for some things a foot may be too short, and for the other an inch will suffice (proverb) / fig. everyone has their strong and weak points / everything has its advantages and disadvantages
abbr. for 尺有所短,寸有所長|尺有所短,寸有所长[chi3 you3 suo3 duan3 , cun4 you3 suo3 chang2]
(bird species of China) long-billed bush warbler (Locustella major)
to shorten / shortening
lit. the Zhangs are better off than the Lis (idiom); to gossip about the neighbors

Sentences with 短

短 currently does not appear in any sentence.