短 Kanji for short

N4Grade 312 strokes

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point

Kun: みじか.い
On: タン

短 is the Japanese kanji for short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point. It is written with 12 strokes and appears at JLPT level N4. Its kun reading is みじか.い and its on reading is タン.

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Words with 短

短みじかいshort
短みじかめshortish, rather short, somewhat short
短たん期きshort-term
短たん大だいjunior college, vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
短たん歌かtanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
短たん縮しゅくshortening, contraction, reduction

Practice 短 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.