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
- —短編集collection of short stories; collected short stories
- —短母音short vowel
- —短パンshorts; short pants
- —短角牛shorthorn; short-horned cattle
- —短周期short cycle; short period
- —短三度minor third
- —短冊形thin rectangle
- —短指症brachydactyly
- —短尾類brachyurans
- —短半径semiminor axis
- —短期的short-term
- —短整数short integer
- —短旋法minor mode
- —安近短cheap, short in duration, and close to home (of a trip, vacation, etc.)
- —短答式short-answer (examination, etc.)
- —短押しshort press (of a button)
- —短納期short deadline for payment or delivery; short delivery time; quick delivery
- —短粒米short-grain rice
- —短歌行form of renku consisting of 24 verses
- —一長一短(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings