Japanese Kanji
短tan
short · brevity · fault
Grade 3 · JLPT N3 · 12 strokes
Short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point.
短 is part of the elementary school jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3. In the JLPT proficiency test it appears at N3 (intermediate) level. With 12 strokes, this character appears in numerous compound words throughout written Japanese.
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