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
争
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
  contend, dispute, argue
  vice-, duplicate, copy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
児
  garment, clothes, dressing
  newborn babe, child, young of animals
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
特
  special
  verification, effect, testing
  stomach, paunch, crop, craw
  nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
冷
  elect, select, choose, prefer
  salt
  cool, cold (beer, person), chill
  seat, mat, occasion, place
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
辞
  raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
  harm, injury
  resign, word, term, expression
  fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
念
  end, close, tip, powder, posterity
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
  gentleman, samurai
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
航
  old man, old age, grow old
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  navigate, sail, cruise, fly
  intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
型
  go-between, relationship
  mould, type, model
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  side, lean, oppose, regret
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
副
  Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
  boulevard, street, town
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
労
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
  garment, clothes, dressing


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)