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短

N2

Stroke Order

Meanings

  • short
  • brevity
  • fault
  • defect
  • weak point

On'yomi (音読み)

  • タン

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • みじか.い
Strokes
12
JLPT Level
N2
Frequency
#633
School Grade
Grade 3
Radical
矢#111 · arrow

Components

Common Words

  • 短いみじかいi-Adj.short
  • 短歌たんかNountanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 短期たんきno-Adj.short-term
  • 短気たんきNounshort temper, quick temper, hot temper, impatience, irritability
  • 短冊たんざくNountanzaku, poem slip, poetry slip, long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically)
  • 短銃たんじゅうNounpistol
  • 短縮たんしゅくNounshortening, contraction, reduction, curtailment, abbreviation
  • 短所たんしょNoundefect, demerit, weak point, disadvantage

Practice in Kanjiru

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