Kanji
N2 12 strokes Grade 3 freq #689

short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

arrow ya

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

short-term
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
shortening; contraction
(relative) length
short term; short time
short time
short distance; short range
short story; short film
pistol

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

short
shortish; rather short
shorts; short pants

Example sentences

The short term contract employees were dismissed without notice.

Whatever language you study, it takes time.

We abbreviate Sunday to Sun.

Instead of laying off these workers, why don't we just cut their hours?