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
関
  newborn babe, child, young of animals
  bureaucrat, the government
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  harden, set, clot, curdle
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
士
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  gentleman, samurai
  convenience
  vice-, duplicate, copy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
念
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  contend, dispute, argue
  circumference, circuit, lap
  continue, series, sequel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
選
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
  old man, old age, grow old
  elect, select, choose, prefer
  sash, belt, obi, zone, region
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
民
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
  people, nation, subjects
  method, law, rule, principle, model, system
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
良
  tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
  bake, burning
  sort, kind, variety, class, genus
  good, pleasing, skilled
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
囲
  courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
司
  quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
  director, official, govt office, rule, administer
  focus, government ministry, conserve
  soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
固
  bureaucrat, the government
  love, affection, favourite
  harden, set, clot, curdle
  newborn babe, child, young of animals
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
便
  hundred million, 10**8
  convenience
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss


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)