短

Meanings

short
brevity
fault
defect
weak point

Readings

たん
みじか

Strokes: 12
JLPT Level: N2
Frequency: #633

Common Words

短いみじかいshort
短歌たんかtanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
短期たんきshort-term
短気たんきshort temper, quick temper, hot temper, impatience, irritability
短冊たんざくtanzaku, poem slip, poetry slip, long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)

Practice in Kanjiru

Write 短 by hand

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