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短

short
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingタン
Kun readingみじか.い
JLPT level: N3JōyōGrade 3

Meanings

  1. shortRtK
  2. brevity
  3. fault
  4. defect
  5. weak point
  1. brief

Synonyms

長

Popular Usage

短い

Radicals and components

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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dart · drop (丶) · heavens · beans · table · one (一) · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1550

Compound words

短いみじかい
short; brief
最短さいたん
shortest
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); thin rectangle
短銃たんじゅう
pistol
短縮たんしゅく
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
短所たんしょ
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
短大たんだい
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
短調たんちょう
minor key
短刀たんとう
short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō
短波たんぱ
short wave
短命たんめい
short life; short lived
短絡たんらく
short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions
長短ちょうたん
(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits
短編たんぺん
short story; short film; short poem
短めみじかめ
shortish; rather short; somewhat short
短距離たんきょり
short distance; short range; short-haul
短時間たんじかん
short time
短期間たんきかん
short term; short time
短期大学たんきだいがく
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
簡短かんたん
simple
短剣たんけん
dagger, short sword

Additional Examples

彼は彼の父親ほど短気ではない。
He is less impatient than his father.tatoeba
彼は髪の毛を短く刈ってもらった。
He had his hair cut short.tatoeba
彼は短気だ。
He is quick of temper.tatoeba
彼は短い病気の後で死んだ。
He died after a brief illness.tatoeba
作中最も短い巻である。
This is the shortest chapter in the novel.wiki
太く短い首、福々しい顔。
He had a thick and short neck and a round face.wiki

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Practice Writing

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