The kanji 短: meaning, readings and stroke order

短

Meaning: short
On reading: タン tan
Kun reading: みじか（い） mijikai
Strokes: 12
Radical: 矢 arrow
Level: Level 3 · grade 3

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: ngắn (đoản)
Japanese: みじかい。
Korean: 짧다 (단)
Chinese: 短

Readings, words and example sentences

タン tan · on reading · less common

長ちょう短たん
length (long or short)
二本の線の 長ちょう短たんを調べます。
I check which of the two lines is longer.

みじか（い） mijikai · kun reading

短みじかい
short
このえんぴつはもう 短みじかいです。
This pencil is already short.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.