短 — 12 strokes ／ Radical「矢」
道8Elementary year 3 ／ 12 strokes ／ Radical「矢」
- On
- タンたん · tan
- Kun
- みじか(い)mijika(i)
- Meaning
- short
Stroke order
Origin
矢 (arrow) + 豆 (sound). 豆 gives the sound. It means 'short', measured like a short arrow.
Readings and examples
| Onタンたんtan | 短歌たんか短所たんしょ長短ちょうたん |
|---|---|
| Kunみじかいmijikai | 短いみじかい |
Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.
Compounds
- 短いみじかい
short
- 短気たんき
short temper
- 短刀たんとう
- 短縮たんしゅく
- 短篇たんぺん
Example
この えんぴつは 短い です。
This pencil is short.
Idioms with this kanji
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)