KanjiN2Grade 3 · 小312 strokesRadical 矢
短 · short, brevity
短 is a kanji meaning short, brevity, fault, defect. It has 12 strokes and is on the JLPT N2 list.
On'yomi · from Chinese
- タンtan
Kun'yomi · Japanese
- みじかいmijikai
Practise the N2 kanji
In 第13巻 JLPT N2, a chapter at a time, with their words. Chapter 1 is free.
Words that use 短 · 10 in our JLPT lists
| Word | Reading | Meaning | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| 短いみじかい | みじかい | short (length) | N5 |
| 短期たんき | たんき | short term | N2 |
| 短所たんしょ | たんしょ | defect, weak point; disadvantage | N2 |
| 短編たんぺん | たんぺん | short (e.g., story, film) | N2 |
| 長短ちょうたん | ちょうたん | length, long and short, +- | N2 |
| 短歌たんか | たんか | 31-syllable Japanese poem | N1 |
Readings and meanings: KANJIDIC2 · Words: JMdict · © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stroke order: KanjiVG (Ulrich Apel and contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0) · JLPT levels: Jonathan Waller, tanos.co.uk (CC BY), unofficial · All sources · This page's kanji and word data is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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