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 |
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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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