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Mythic Mandarin

短信 (duǎn xìn): meaning and stroke order

短信 (duǎn xìn) means text message, SMS.

短信

Simplified
短信
Traditional
短信 (same form)
Pinyin
duǎn xìn

Stroke order of 短信

短

  • duǎn short; brief
  • 12 strokes

Stroke by stroke

信

  • xìn letter; mail
  • 9 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 短信

  1. duǎn xìn
    • text message
    • SMS

Radicals of the characters

短
Radical 矢 (Kangxi radical 111) · 12 strokes · 矢 on the left, 豆 on the right
信
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 9 strokes · 亻 on the left, 言 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

短信 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 那天晚上，钟远只给他发了一条短信：“你赢了。祝你别后悔。”

    nà tiān wǎnshang Zhōng Yuǎn zhǐ gěi tā fā le yì tiáo duǎnxìn nǐ yíng le zhù nǐ bié hòuhuǐ

    That night Zhong Yuan sent him just one text: "You win. Hope you don't regret it."

    From the story The day he rang the bell HSK 7–9 · Level 7

Stories using 短信

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).