Jisho

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短

12 strokes
Radical:
arrow 矢
Parts:
并 口 矢 豆 乞
short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
Kun:
みじか.い
On:
タン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
689 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
duan3
Korean:
dan

Spanish

  • pequeño
  • breve
  • defecto
  • corto

Portuguese

  • curto
  • brevidade
  • falta
  • defeito
  • ponto fraco

French

  • court
  • bref
  • faute
  • défaut
  • point faible
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)
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

詩

13 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
土 寸 言
poem, poetry
Kun:
うた
On:
シ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N1
1196 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 詩 【シ】 poem, poetry, verse, Chinese poem
  • 詩歌 【シイカ】 Japanese and Chinese poetry, poetry, poems
  • 風物詩 【フウブツシ】 feature of the season, something characteristic of a particular season, poem about natural scenery or a particular season
  • 近代詩 【キンダイシ】 modern poetry, modern-style poetry

Kun reading compounds

  • 歌 【うた】 song, singing, classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka), modern poetry
  • 悪魔の詩 【あくまのうた】 The Satanic Verses (novel by Salman Rushdie)
  • 唐歌 【からうた】 Chinese poem

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shi1
Korean:
si

Spanish

  • poema
  • poesía

Portuguese

  • poema
  • poesia

French

  • poème
  • poésie
415 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
307 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
291 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1094 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4360 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
648 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1750 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1933 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
570 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
579 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
945 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1681 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1924 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1024 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1384 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
352 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
35427 Morohashi
1524 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5610 New Nelson (John Haig)
346 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
370 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
420 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3048 2001 Kanji
7a6.5 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-6 SKIP code
0464.1 Four corner code
1-27-77 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8a69 Unicode hex code