短 – short, brevity, fault

12 strokesTaught in grade 3#689 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 短 means short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is タン (tan); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is みじか.い (mijikai). It is written with 12 strokes, under radical 矢 (no. 111).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	タン	tan
Kun’yomi	みじか.い	mijikai

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 矢 (Kangxi radical 111). Components: 口・豆・并・矢・乞.

Words using 短

短いみじかいshort短期たんきshort-term短所たんしょdefect短編たんぺんshort story長短ちょうたん(relative) length短たんfault短歌たんかtanka短気たんきshort temper短縮たんしゅくshortening短大たんだいjunior college短波たんぱshort wave

Example sentences

日がだんだん短くなっている。

The days are becoming shorter.

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あの犬はしっぽが短い。

That dog has a short tail.

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彼は私に短い手紙をくれた。

He sent me a brief note.

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Kanji with the same radical

知矢

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