Japanese symbol for “shorts”
短パン
たんパン
Romaji: tanpan
shorts; short pants
In Japanese, shorts is 短パン, read たんパン (tanpan).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n shorts; short pants
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “shorts”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| パンツ | パンツ pantsu | underpants; pants; briefs |
| ショーツ | ショーツ shootsu | shorts |
| 半ズボン | はんズボン hanzubon | shorts; (knee) breeches |
| 半パン | はんパン hanpan | shorts; short pants |
| ハーパン | ハーパン haapan | (knee-length) shorts |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 短期 | たんき tanki | short-term |
| 短縮 | たんしゅく tanshuku | shortening; contraction; reduction |
| 短い | みじかい mijikai | short |
| 短歌 | たんか tanka | tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem |
| 短大 | たんだい tandai | junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs |
| 短期間 | たんきかん tankikan | short term; short time |
See also: Chinese symbol for “shorts”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.