Kanji1 / 12
短 kanji
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
- JLPT level
- N2 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
タン
Kun readings
みじかい
Words with 短
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —短fault; defect; weak point; minor; 5-point card; short
- —時短reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving
- —操短curtailed operations
- —短剣short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
- —短詩verselet
- —短針short hand; hour hand
- —短信brief note; brief letter; brief message
- —短小short and small
- —短毛short hair
- —短文short sentence; short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
- —短日short time
- —短打chopping; base hit; one-base hit; single
- —短句short phrase
- —短見narrow view
- —短足short-legged
- —短音short sound
- —短評brief comment or criticism
- —短軸minor axis
- —短靴(low) shoes
- —短資short-term loan