Kanji Details:
- 短
- Frequency:689
- Kun: みじか.い
- On: タン
- Meaning: short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
-
Examples:
Word Reading Meaning 短期 たんき short term 短大 たんだい junior college 短歌 たんか tanka, 31-syllable Japanese poem 短縮 たんしゅく shortening, abbreviation, reduction 長短 ちょうたん length; long and short, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits 短期間 たんきかん short term, short time 短時間 たんじかん short time 短距離 たんきょり short distance, short range, short-haul 短編 たんぺん short (e.g. story, film) 短銃 たんじゅう pistol, revolver