| 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 junior high
JLPT level N3
1315 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 眠剤 【ミンザイ】 sleeping pills
- 冬眠 【トウミン】 hibernation, winter sleep, torpor
- 安眠 【アンミン】 sound sleep, good sleep, quiet sleep
Kun reading compounds
- 眠る 【ねむる】 to sleep, to die, to rest (in peace), to lie (buried), to sleep (in the grave), to lie idle (e.g. of resources), to lie unused, to lie untapped, to lie untouched, to close one's eyes
- 眠い 【ねむい】 sleepy, drowsy, somnolent
Readings
- Japanese names:
- ね
- Korean:
- myeon
Spanish
- somnoliento
- tener sueño
- sonmoliento
- dormir
Portuguese
- sono
- morrer
- sonolento
French
- dormir
- somnolent
- mourir
| 1842 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1298 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3132 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1144 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 762 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1376 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 3.17 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 849 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 868 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 978 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1386 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1474 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 782 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1061 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1852 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 23240 | Morohashi |
| 1147 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3925 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1835 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1977 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1371 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3956 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5c5.2 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-5-5 | SKIP code |
| 6704.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-44-18 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7720 | Unicode hex code |