| 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 N2
1631 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 筒状 【ツツジョウ】 cylindrical, tubular
- 筒状花 【トウジョウカ】 tubular flower, disk floret
- 円筒 【エントウ】 cylinder
- 気筒 【キトウ】 cylinder
Kun reading compounds
- 筒 【つつ】 pipe, tube, cylinder, gun barrel, gun, cannon, well lining, well curb
- 筒井 【つつい】 round well
- 銃の筒 【じゅうのつつ】 barrel of a gun
- 紙筒 【かみづつ】 paper tube, cardboard tube
Readings
- Korean:
- tong
Spanish
- cilindro
- tubo
Portuguese
- cilindro
- tubo
- cano
- cano de arma
- manga
French
- cylindre
- tuyau
- tube
- canon (fusil)
- manche
| 1655 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1567 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3392 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1125 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 796 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1818 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1472 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1569 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 373 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1480 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3323 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1721 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2341 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 953 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 26004 | Morohashi |
| 2680 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4283 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 944 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1015 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1574 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2349 | 2001 Kanji |
| 6f6.15 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-6-6 | SKIP code |
| 3-8-4 | SKIP code |
| 8822.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-91 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7b52 | Unicode hex code |