| 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 grade 6
JLPT level N1
1940 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 尺 【シャク】 shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm), rule, measure, scale, length
- 尺度 【シャクド】 gauge, standard, measure, criterion, index, length, size, (measuring) rule, scale
- 大尺 【ダイシャク】 large shaku (approx. 35.6cm)
- 対数尺 【タイスウジャク】 logarithmic scale
- 尺寸 【シャクスン】 (something) tiny, trifle
- 尺地 【セキチ】 small plot of land
- 咫尺 【シセキ】 very short distance
Kun reading compounds
- 尺 【さし】 ruler, measure
- 畳尺 【たたみじゃく】 folding ruler, collapsible ruler
Readings
- Korean:
- cheog
Spanish
- regla
- medida
- antigua unidad de medida
Portuguese
- shaku
- pé Japonês
- medida
- escala
- regra
French
- shaku (30,303 cm)
- mesure
- échelle
- règle
| 895 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 884 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1842 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1377 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1781 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1227 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 96 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1895 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2071 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 762 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 521 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4248 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2146 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2896 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1079 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 7632 | Morohashi |
| 3440 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1404 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1070 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1151 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 830 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3762 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3r1.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-4-1 | SKIP code |
| 3-3-1 | SKIP code |
| 7780.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-28-60 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5c3a | Unicode hex code |