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短

JLPT N2 SL3 12 strokes Frequency: #689

Meanings

Short, Brevity, Fault, Defect, Weak Point

Radicals

矢

Decomposition

⿰矢豆

Etymology

Pictophonetic: dart

Writing Practice

Stroke 0 / 12

Stroke Order

1 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

2 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

3 horizontal bottom-to-top

4 diagonal top-right-to-bottom-left

5 dot bottom-to-top

6 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

7 vertical bottom-right-to-top-left

8 corner bottom-right-to-top-left

9 horizontal bottom-right-to-top-left

10 dot bottom-right-to-top-left

11 diagonal top-to-bottom

12 horizontal bottom-to-top

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

タン tan

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

みじか mijika

Words Using This Kanji

292 words total

Other (20 words)

short time

short hand

short story

submachine gun

verselet

defect

short wave

(relative) length

B flat minor

short (e.g. story, film)

lowered car

brief note

short

ultrashort-wave

short-tempered

small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics)

short hair

short period of time

narrow view

shortest

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