Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 5

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 5 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 5 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
  single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
  entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
  easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination
  pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  politics, government
  righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
  discriminating, know, write
  overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  linen, cloth
  publish, carve, engrave
  impart, instruct, grant, confer
  lecture, club, association
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  sutra, longitude, pass thru, expire, warp
  phrase, clause, sentence, passage, paragraph, counter for haiku
  value, price
  becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling
  cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
  damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
  wife, spouse
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  ability, talent, skill, capacity
  investigate
  till, plow, cultivate
  copper
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  safeguard, protect
  examination, investigate
  grave, tomb
  happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  increase, add, augment, gain, promote
  ticket
  bough, branch, twig, limb
  journey, chase away, let go, going, travel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
  disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
  pressure, push, overwhelm, oppress, dominate
  single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
  discriminating, know, write
  overdo, exceed, go beyond, error
  politics, government


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)