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
照
  resign, word, term, expression
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  record
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
令
  go-between, relationship
  orders, ancient laws, command, decree
  halt, stopping
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
票
  ballot, label, ticket, sign
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
働
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
  volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
  work, (kokuji)
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
付
  pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
  salt
  adhere, attach, refer to, append
  kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
典
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
  sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
  national flag, banner, standard
  code, ceremony, law, rule
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
卒
  tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  graduate, soldier, private, die
  people, nation, subjects
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
英
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
  England, English
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
  nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
録
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  rejoice, take pleasure in
  record
  resign, word, term, expression
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
停
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  halt, stopping
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
  go-between, relationship


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)