短

短 — short, brevity, fault

JLPT: JLPT N2
Strokes: 12
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #689 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: たん tan
Kun'yomi: みじか.い mijika.i

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 短

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