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
- —短髪short hair
- —短慮shallow thinking; imprudence; rashness; quick temper; short temper
- —短躯short stature
- —短筒pistol; handgun
- —短路short circuit
- —赤短5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
- —短頭brachycephaly; flat head syndrome
- —短観Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey); Tankan survey
- —短稈short-stalked (of grains); dwarf
- —青短5-point card with a blue tanzaku; blue ribbon card; scoring combination consisting of the three 5-point cards with blue tanzaku
- —短少short and insufficient
- —短呼shortening a vowel
- —短腹quick-tempered; easily offended
- —短報short communication; short note; concise communication
- —短点dot (in Morse code)
- —短眠short sleep
- —短一dealt hand consisting of one 5-point card and six 1-point cards
- —短槍short spear
- —短辺short sides of a rectangle
- —短甲short metal body armor (early Kofun to early Heian periods)