Info on the Kanji 短 | What's a Kanji? |
| short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point | |
| onyomi | TAN |
| kunyomi | mijika-i |
| stroke count | 12 |
| grade | 3 |
| jlpt level | N2 |
| Example words with 短 | |
| Word | Meaning |
| 短たん tan | fault / defect / weak point / minor |
| 簡短かんたん kan tan | simple / easy / uncomplicated / brief / quick / light |
| 気短きたん ki tan | short-tempered / quick-tempered / impatient |
| 最短さいたん saitan | shortest |
| 時短じたん jitan | shortening of time |
| 手短てみじか temijika | short / brief |
| 青短あおたん ao tan | the collection of the three blue poetry ribbon cards |
| 赤短あかたん aka tan | the collection of the three red poetry ribbon cards |
| 短いみじかい mijikai | short |
| 短めみじかめ mijikame | rather short / somewhat short |
| 短音たんおん tan on | short sound |
| 短歌たんか tanka | tanka / 31-mora japanese poem |
| 短期たんき tanki | short term |
| 短気たんき tanki | quick temper / short temper |
| 短靴たんくつ tan kutsu | shoes |
| 短見たんけん tan ken | narrow view |
| 短冊たんざく tanzaku | long, narrow card on which japanese poems are written / strip of paper / thin rectangle |
| 短資たんし tan shi | short-term loan |
| 短所たんしょ tansho | defect / demerit / weak point / disadvantage |
| 短小たんしょう tanshou | short and small |
| 短少たんしょう tan shou | short and insufficient |
| 短信たんしん tan shin | brief note or letter / brief message |
| 短針たんしん tanshin | hour hand |
| 短籍たんせき tan seki | long, narrow card on which japanese poems are written / strip of paper / thin rectangle |
| 短足たんそく tansoku | short legs |
| 短打たんだ tan da | single |
| 短大たんだい tandai | junior college |
| 短調たんちょう tanchou | minor key |
| 短筒たんつつ tan tsutsu | pistol / revolver |
| 短頭たんあたま tan atama | brachycephaly |
| 短日たんじつ tanjitsu | short time |
| 短波たんぱ tanpa | short wave |
| 短髪たんぱつ tanpatsu | short hair |
| 短文たんぶん tanbun | short sentence / short piece of writing |
| 短編たんぺん tanpen | short |
| 短命たんめい tanmei | short life / short lived |
| 短毛たんけ tan ke | short hair |
| 短目たんめ tan me | rather short / somewhat short |
| 短夜たんよる tan yoru | short summer night |
| 短絡たんらく tanraku | electric short-circuit / drawing a hasty inference between two events / jumping to a quick conclusion / dealing with matters quickly and carelessly |
| 短路たんみち tan michi | short circuit |
| 長短ちょうたん choutan | length / long and short / advantages and disadvantages / pluses and minuses / strong and weak points / merits and demerits |
| イ短調いたんちょう i tanchou | a minor |
| ト短調とたんちょう to tanchou | g minor |
| ニ短調にたんちょう ni tanchou | d minor |
| ハ短調はたんちょう ha tanchou | c minor |
| ヘ短調へたんちょう he tanchou | f minor |
| ホ短調ほたんちょう ho tanchou | e minor |
| ロ短調ろたんちょう ro tanchou | b minor |
| 車高短しゃこうたん shakou tan | car with the body lowered / lowrider |
| 手短いてみじかい temijika i | short / brief |
| 短かいみじかかい mijikaka i | short |
| 短かめみじかかめ mijikaka me | rather short / somewhat short |
| 短か目みじかかめ mijikaka me | rather short / somewhat short |
| 短か夜みじかかよる mijikaka yoru | short summer night |
| 短音階たんおんかい tan on kai | minor scale |
| 短角牛たんかくうし tankaku ushi | shorthorn / short-horned cattle |
| 短期間たんきかん tankikan | short term / short time |
| 短冊形たんざくかたち tanzaku katachi | thin rectangle |
| 短三度たんさんど tan sando | minor third |
| 短時間たんじかん tanjikan | short time |
| 短時日たんじじつ tanjijitsu | short period of time |
| 短周期たんしゅうき tan shuuki | short cycle / short period |
| 短水路たんすいろ tan suiro | short course |
| 短大生たんだいせい tandaisei | junior college student |
| 短日月たんじつげつ tanjitsugetsu | short period of time |
| 短兵急たんへいきゅう tan hei kyuu | impetuousness |
| 短編集たんぺんしゅう tanpenshuu | collection of short stories / collected short stories |
| 短母音たんぼいん tan boin | short vowel |
| 短毛種たんもうしゅ tanmoushu | short-haired |
| 超短波ちょうたんぱ choutanpa | ultrashort-wave / very high frequency |
| 一長一短いっちょういったん icchouittan | merits and demerits / advantages and disadvantages / good points and shortcomings |
| 気が短いきがみじかい kiga mijikai | quick-tempered / having little patience / impatient |
| 気の短いきのみじかい kino mijikai | quick-tempered / impatient |
| 極超短波きょくちょうたんぱ kyoku choutanpa | ultrahigh frequency / uhf / ultrashort waves |
| 軽薄短小けいはくたんしょう keihakutanshou | small and light |
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| Example Sentences with 短 |
| 誰にでも長所と短所がある。 ウサギには長い耳と短い尾がある。 私は気が短いし、口も軽い男だ。 基本的に俺は短詩が好きだ。短詩の中では、この詩がトップだった。 |
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