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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

  • 短たんNoun
    fault, defect, weak point
  • 短期たんきno-adjective
    short-term
  • 短大たんだいNoun
    junior college, vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
  • 短歌たんかNoun
    tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
  • 短縮たんしゅくNoun
    shortening, contraction, reduction
  • 長短ちょうたんNoun
    (relative) length
  • 短期間たんきかんNoun
    short term, short time
  • 短時間たんじかんNoun
    short time

Practice in Kanjiru

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