Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 4

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 4 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 4 Kanji, select the correct English meanings from the multiple choice answers.

Handy hint Many Kanji are derived from pictures of the things which they represent. Allegedly.

 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
1
飯
  circumference, circuit, lap
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
  meal, boiled rice
  un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
史
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
  history, chronicle
  orders, ancient laws, command, decree
  test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
唱
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
  heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
  laugh
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
験
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
  verification, effect, testing
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
察
  public chamber, hall
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
浅
  yesterday, previous
  contend, dispute, argue
  nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
最
  climate, season, weather
  signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target
  utmost, most, extreme
  vice-, duplicate, copy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
清
  side, lean, oppose, regret
  pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
未
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
  good, pleasing, skilled
  un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
  circumference, circuit, lap
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
令
  simple, one, single, merely
  orders, ancient laws, command, decree
  test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition


The Kanji Data used in these tests is provided courtesy of a download from the KANJIDIC/KANJD212 Project - thanks dudes! The grade levels are as specified by the Japanese Ministry of Education for kanji that are to be taught in elementary school (according to the notes on the Kanjidic website)