Kanji 短

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Words with 短

• 短い

  みじかい

  short (length)

  N5

• 短～

  たん～

  short ~

  N2

• 短期

  たんき

  short term

  N2

• 短所

  たんしょ

  defect, weak point; disadvantage

  N2

• 短編

  たんぺん

  short (e.g., story, film)

  N2

• 長短

  ちょうたん

  length, long and short, +-

  N2

• 短歌

  たんか

  31-syllable Japanese poem

  N1

• 短気

  たんき

  quick temper

  N1

Example sentences

• 短気たんきは損気そんき。

  Haste makes waste.

• 要ようするに人生じんせいは短みじかい。

  In a word, life is short.

• 誰だれにでも長所ちょうしょと短所たんしょがある。

  Everyone has strengths and weaknesses.

Look-alike kanji

Kanji with similar components or shapes that are easy to mix up when reading and writing.

Other kanji with radical “arrow” 矢