短 means short
brevity, fault, defect, weak point
An arrow next to a bean: short.
On'yomi
- タンtan
Kun'yomi
- みじか(い)mijikai
How it's built
- 矢arrow
- 豆bean
Common words
- 短期たんきshort-term
- 短大たんだいjunior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
- 短歌たんかtanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
- 短所たんしょdefect; demerit