短

short; brevity; fault; defect; weak point

12 strokes. Taught in grade 3. Newspaper frequency rank 689.

Readings

• タン (on reading): 短編 (たんぺん) short story; 短縮 (たんしゅく) shortening
• みじかい (kun reading): 短い (みじかい) short; 短め (みじかめ) shortish

Components

• 矢
• 豆
• 乞 radical beg
• 丷 radical horns, inverted eight
• 口 radical mouth
• 矢 radical arrow
• 豆 radical bean

Words using 短

• 短編 (たんぺん) short story
• 短縮 (たんしゅく) shortening
• 短期間 (たんきかん) short term
• 短期大学 (たんきだいがく) junior college
• 短 (たん) fault
• 短い (みじかい) short
• 短め (みじかめ) shortish
• 手短 (てみじか) short
• 気が短い (きがみじかい) quick-tempered
• 手短い (てみじかい) short

323 words in all.

Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists