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
  pick, take, fetch, take up
  preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally
  art, technique, skill, means, trick, resources, magic
  general, whole, all, full, total
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  benefit, gain, profit, advantage
  discontinue, beyond, sever, cut off, abstain, interrupt, suppress
  suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable
  miscellaneous
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  grace, kindness, goodness, favor, mercy, blessing, benefit
  semi-, correspond to, proportionate to, conform, imitate
  rule, follow, based on, model after
  refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  investigate
  rend, rip, tear, break, destroy, defeat, frustrate
  restore, return to, revert, resume
  present, existing, actual
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  create, make, structure, physique
  unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
  permit, approve
  standard, measure
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  coin, .01 yen, money
  report, news, reward, retribution
  establishment, provision, prepare
  lecture, club, association
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
  dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
  guidance, leading, conduct, usher
  examination, investigate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  copper
  extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount
  bag, bale, sack, counter for bags
  value, price
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally
  lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
  general, whole, all, full, total
  pick, take, fetch, take up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  mineral, ore
  suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable
  miscellaneous
  benefit, gain, profit, advantage


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)