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
給
  negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
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2
児
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  newborn babe, child, young of animals
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  toil, diligent, as much as possible
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
好
  fond, pleasing, like something
  history, chronicle
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
梅
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
  plum
  pine tree
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
愛
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  lumber, log, timber, wood, talent
  love, affection, favourite
  unusual, change, strange
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
良
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  retainer, subject
  fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
  good, pleasing, skilled
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
静
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
  quiet
  go-between, relationship
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
貯
  reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
  savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
  graduate, soldier, private, die
  fly, skip (pages), scatter
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
機
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  cool, cold (beer, person), chill
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
  negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
労
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  toil, diligent, as much as possible
  invariably, certain, inevitable


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)