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
  brush-stroke, picture
  buy
  mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
  springtime, spring (season)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  old
  make, production, prepare, build
  spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
  road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  ten thousand
  paper
  pond, cistern, pool, reservoir
  scribe, account, narrative
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  what
  solution, answer
  wide, broad, spacious
  picture, drawing, painting, sketch
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  friend
  autumn
  logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
  in front, before
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  hit, right, appropriate, himself
  homecoming, arrive at, lead to, result in
  fish
  going, journey
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  every
  plot, plan, scheme, measure
  boulder, rock, cliff
  vapor, steam
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  heart, mind, spirit
  dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
  south
  traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  buy
  time, hour
  springtime, spring (season)
  brush-stroke, picture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  morning, dynasty, regime, epoch, period, (North) Korea
  spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
  road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
  old


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)