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
  side, lean, oppose, regret
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
  cry, weep, moan
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
  deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
  halt, stopping
  vice-, duplicate, copy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  scenery, view
  salt
  verification, effect, testing
  pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  husband, man
  nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
  first time, beginning
  history, chronicle
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  fee, materials
  test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
  garment, clothes, dressing
  borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
  lumber, log, timber, wood, talent
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  faith, truth, fidelity, trust
  land, six
  circumference, circuit, lap
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
  method, law, rule, principle, model, system
  love, affection, favourite
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
  cry, weep, moan
  side, lean, oppose, regret
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  retainer, subject
  halt, stopping
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race


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)