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
鳴
  location, place
  meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
  chirp, cry, bark, sound, ring, echo, honk
  parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
答
  weak, frail
  solution, answer
  half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
  word, speech, language
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
市
  market, city, town
  ray, light
  feathers, counter for birds, rabbits
  association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
方
  beginning, former time, origin
  spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
  direction, person, alternative
  clear up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
行
  meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
  line, track
  going, journey
  mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
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6
売
  electricity
  hit, right, appropriate, himself
  elder sister
  sell
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7
食
  weekday
  elder brother, big brother
  eat, food
  north
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
話
  store, shop
  tale, talk
  public, prince, official, governmental
  pond, cistern, pool, reservoir
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
親
  meeting, meet, party, association, interview, join
  consider, think over
  parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
  location, place
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
半
  say
  half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
  word, speech, language
  weak, frail


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)