Kanji

Level: N2 Strokes: 12

短

Meaning in English

short, brevity, fault

Readings

Onyomi: タン Kunyomi: みじか.い Romaji: tan / mijika.i

Stroke order

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短

Translations in other languages:

Portuguese curto, brevidade, falha

Spanish corto, brevedad, defecto

Korean 짧은, 간결성, 결점

French court, brièveté, défaut

Italian breve, brevità, difetto

German kurz, Kürze, Fehler

Indonesian singkat, ringkas, kesalahan

★ Vietnamese ngắn gọn, súc tích, lỗi

Thai สั้น, กระชับ, ข้อผิดพลาด

Related kanji

N4 知 chi / shi.ru, shi.raseru know, wisdom, savoir N1 矯 kyou / ta.meru rectify, straighten, correct N1 矢 shi / ya dart, arrow, fléchette

Words with this kanji

N2 長短 choutan length, long and short, +- N5 短い mijikai short

Sentences with this kanji

N4 前に習った文法を使って、短い文章を書いてみよう Mae ni naratta bunpou o tsukatte, mijikai bunshou o kaite miyou Let’s try writing a short text using the grammar we learned before N3 最近覚えた表現を使って短い会話を作ってみない？ Saikin oboeta hyougen o tsukatte mijikai kaiwa o tsukutte minai How about making a short conversation using expressions you learned recently