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
改
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
  curriculum, continuation, passage of time
  reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
  remainder, leftover, balance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
夫
  county, district
  husband, man
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
参
  nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love
  method, law, rule, principle, model, system
  turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
  chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
周
  borrow, rent
  printing, print
  circumference, circuit, lap
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
辺
  add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
  seasons
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
康
  full, enough, pride, satisfy
  work, (kokuji)
  bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
  ease, peace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
席
  nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
  savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
  seat, mat, occasion, place
  salt
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
焼
  faith, truth, fidelity, trust
  bake, burning
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
残
  curriculum, continuation, passage of time
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  remainder, leftover, balance
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
必
  newborn babe, child, young of animals
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
  county, district


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)