| 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 |
axis, pivot, stem, stalk, counter for book scrolls
- On:
- ジク
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1261 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軸 【ジク】 axis, shaft, axle, center, centre, focal point, key point, stalk, stem, hanging scroll
- 軸足 【ジクアシ】 pivot foot, emphasis, priority, focus
- 基軸 【キジク】 basis, foundation, core, criterion, standard
- 中軸 【チュウジク】 axis, pivot, central figure, key man
Readings
- Korean:
- chug
Spanish
- eje
- pivote
- péndulo
- mango
Portuguese
- eixo
- pivô
- talo
- caule
- sufixo para contagem de pergaminhos
French
- axe
- pivot
- tige
- compteur de livres en rouleaux
| 1330 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1719 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4619 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1258 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1798 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 988 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1023 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1589 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1776 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 1908 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1014 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1371 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1121 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38269 | Morohashi |
| 1514 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5952 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1112 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1193 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1591 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1576 | 2001 Kanji |
| 7c5.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-7-5 | SKIP code |
| 5506.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-20 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8ef8 | Unicode hex code |