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短

Kanji 短: meaning "short", readings, stroke order

The kanji 短 means "short". On'yomi: タン; kun'yomi: みじかい. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
short
On'yomi
タン
Kun'yomi
みじかい
Strokes
12
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 短

  • 短い みじかい — Short
  • 短～ たん～ — short ~
  • 短期 たんき — short term
  • 短編 たんぺん — short (e.g., story, film)
  • 長短 ちょうたん — length, long and short, +-
  • 短歌 たんか — 31-syllable Japanese poem
  • 短気 たんき — quick temper
  • 短縮 たんしゅく — shortening, abbreviation, reduction
  • 短大 たんだい — junior college
  • 短波 たんぱ — short wave

Stroke order · 12 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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