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Kanji: 短

KANJI
12 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
みじか
 ON 音 
タン
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
Look up a kanji:  
JLPT Level:
JLPT N2 (upper intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
Meaning:
Short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
Usage:
Appears frequently in Japanese newspapers, but about 700 kanji are used even more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(みじか)
short
N2
(たんき)
short term
N2
(たんしょ)
(1) defect, demerit, weak point, (2) disadvantage
N2
(たんぺん)
short (e.g. story, film)
N2
(ちょうたん)
length, long and short, +-
N1
(たんか)
tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem
N1
(たんき)
quick temper
N1
(たんしゅく)
shortening, abbreviation, reduction
N1
(たんだい)
junior college
N1
(たんぱ)
short wave
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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