短 – vocab dash

Keyword

short

brevity
fault
defect
weak point

Frequency: #689
Strokes: 12
Grade: 3
JLPT (old): N3
Heisig: 1550

Readings

タン91%

みじか9%

Mnemonic

Your arrow keeps missing the bean on the fence post, until you step up so close, a short hop away, that it finally splits.

Stroke order

Composed of

矢arrow 豆bean

Used in vocabulary

短みじかい

short; brief

I-adjective

短たん期き

short-term

No-adjective

短たん大だい

junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

Noun

短たん歌か

tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

Noun

短たん縮しゅく

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

Noun

長ちょう短たん

(relative) length; advantages and disadvantages; pluses and minuses; strong and weak points; merits and demerits

Noun

短たん期き間かん

short term; short time

Noun

短たん編ぺん

short story; short film; short poem

Noun

短たん時じ間かん

short time

Noun

最さい短たん

shortest

No-adjective

短たん距きょ離り

short distance; short range; short-haul

Noun

短たん銃じゅう

pistol

Noun

短たん命めい

short life; short lived

Na-adjective

短たん所しょ

defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage

Noun

短たん気き

short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability

Noun

短たん

fault; defect; weak point; minor; 5-point card; short

Noun

短みじか

short; brief

Prefix

短たん絡らく

short circuit; short; illogical jump; drawing a hasty inference (between two events); jumping to conclusions; acting rashly

Noun

短たんパン

shorts; short pants

Noun

短たん調ちょう

minor key

Noun

短たん期き大だい学がく

junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs

Noun

時じ短たん

reduction in working hours; reduction in business hours; time-saving

Noun

短みじかめ

shortish; rather short; somewhat short

No-adjective

短たん剣けん

short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)

Noun