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
  land, six
  old man, old age, grow old
  heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
  co-, cooperation
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
  side, lean, oppose, regret
  sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
  signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  failure, defeat, reversal
  national flag, banner, standard
  work, (kokuji)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  graduate, soldier, private, die
  history, chronicle
  chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
  Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
  wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  unusual, change, strange
  good, pleasing, skilled
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  England, English
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  build
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  species, kind, class, variety, seed
  perfect, completion, end
  regiment, party, company, squad
  contend, dispute, argue
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  old man, old age, grow old
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
  co-, cooperation
  land, six
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
  signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target
  salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim


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)