| 466 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 362 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 342 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 789 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3172 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 261 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 230 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1633 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 215 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 215 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 90 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1395 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1515 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 801 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1093 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1454 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23978 | Morohashi |
| 1182 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3982 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1442 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1550 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 403 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 短 【タン】 fault, defect, weak point, minor, 5-point card, short
- 短歌 【タンカ】 tanka, 31-mora Japanese poem
- 長短 【チョウタン】 (relative) length, advantages and disadvantages, pluses and minuses, strong and weak points, merits and demerits
- 車高短 【シャコウタン】 lowered car, car with lowered suspension
Kun reading compounds
- 短い 【みじかい】 short, brief
Readings
- Korean:
- dan
Spanish
- pequeño
- breve
- defecto
- corto
Portuguese
- curto
- brevidade
- falta
- defeito
- ponto fraco
French
- court
- bref
- faute
- défaut
- point faible
| 2373 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3d9.27 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-7 | SKIP code |
| 8141.8 | Four corner code |
| 1-35-27 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 77ed | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N3
165 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 点 【テン】 dot, spot, point, speck, mark, mark (in an exam, etc.), grade, score, points, point (in a game), score, goal, run, point, point, aspect, matter, detail, part, respect, way, viewpoint, (punctuation) mark (e.g. comma, period, decimal point), dot, "dot" stroke (in a Chinese character), counter for points, marks, goals, etc., counter for goods, items, articles of clothing, works of art, etc.
- 点検 【テンケン】 detailed inspection, thorough examination, checking
- 最重点 【サイジュウテン】 very important point
- 同点 【ドウテン】 same score, deadlock, tie, draw
Kun reading compounds
- 点ける 【つける】 to turn on, to switch on, to light up
- 点く 【つく】 to be lit (of a lamp, burner, etc.), to catch fire, to ignite, to start burning, to be turned on (of a light, appliance, etc.), to come on
- 点てる 【たてる】 to make tea (matcha), to perform the tea ceremony
- 注す 【さす】 to pour, to add (liquid), to serve (drinks), to put on (lipstick, etc.), to apply, to colour, to dye, to light (a fire), to burn
- 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
- 灯す 【ともす】 to light (a candle, lamp, etc.), to turn on (a light)
Readings
- Korean:
- jeom
Spanish
- punto
- marca
Portuguese
- ponto
- marca
- ponto decimal
French
- point
- note
- allumer
- virgule (décimales)
| 285 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 196 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 179 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 141 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 804 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 229 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 714 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 169 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 169 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 399 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1275 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2587 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1322 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1793 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 171 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18980 | Morohashi |
| 2084 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3412 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 169 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 181 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 175 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 185 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1240 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2m7.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-2-7 | SKIP code |
| 2-5-4 | SKIP code |
| 2133.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-32 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 70b9 | Unicode hex code |