Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 2

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 2 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 2 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
鳥
  going, journey
  night, evening
  bird, chicken
  hear, ask, listen
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
鳴
  company, firm, office, association, shrine
  chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
  winter
  meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
外
  outside
  father
  strong
  friend
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
万
  ray, light
  cow
  ten thousand
  daytime, noon
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
科
  craft, construction
  yellow
  department, course, section
  meat
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
買
  country
  association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
  week
  buy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
午
  inside, within, between, among, house, home
  cloud
  noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
  run
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
今
  location, place
  now
  behind, back, later
  cut, cutoff, be sharp
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
聞
  night, evening
  room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
  hear, ask, listen
  going, journey
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
冬
  fur, hair, feather, down
  winter
  meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
  company, firm, office, association, shrine


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)