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
長
  yellow
  consider, think over
  long, leader
  autumn
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
原
  meat
  meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
  capital, 10**16
  inside, within, between, among, house, home
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
算
  calculate, divining, number, abacus, probability
  electricity
  fur, hair, feather, down
  neck
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
里
  brush-stroke, picture
  plot, plan, scheme, measure
  Parent's home, village, league
  bird, chicken
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
刀
  ground, earth
  noon, sign of the horse, 11AM-1PM, seventh sign of Chinese zodiac
  sword, saber, knife
  map, drawing, plan, unexpected, accidentally
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
万
  direction, person, alternative
  rice, USA, metre
  north
  ten thousand
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
新
  hit, right, appropriate, himself
  association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
  new
  south
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
太
  fit, suit, join, 0.1
  plump, thick, big around
  public, prince, official, governmental
  buy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
秋
  consider, think over
  mingle, mixing, association, coming & going
  autumn
  yellow
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
京
  eat, food
  capital, 10**16
  inside, within, between, among, house, home
  meat


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)