Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3
JLPT level: N2
689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke count: 12
Meaning: short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
Kunyomi: みじか.い
Onyomi: タン
Composition: 矢 豆
Radical: 矢
Reading: やへん
Meaning: arrow
Strokes: 5
短歌(たんか) Japanese poetic form
短気な(たんきな) quick tempered
短期間(たんきかん) short term
短所(たんしょ) weak point
短い(みじかい) short
短 (タン) fault, defect, weak point, minor, 5-point card, short
短歌 (タンカ) tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
長短 (チョウタン) (relative) length, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
車高短 (シャコウタン) lowered car, car with lowered suspension
短い (みじかい) short, brief