Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 6

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 6 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 6 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
灰
  prolong, stretching
  magnet, porcelain
  ashes, puckery juice, cremate
  genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
寸
  sugar
  measurement, foot/10
  lungs
  silk
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
閉
  closed, shut
  worship, adore, pray to
  stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
  rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
頂
  discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
  revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted
  place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
  self, snake, serpent
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
盛
  brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake
  precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
  boom, prosper, copulate
  government office
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
縮
  holy, saint, sage, master, priest
  argument, discourse
  tower, tall building, palace
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
異
  document, records
  range, region, limits, stage, level
  uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
  silkworm
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
背
  call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
  stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
  squad, corps, unit, group
  brain, memory
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
創
  magnet, porcelain
  window, pane
  genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
  prolong, stretching
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
肺
  riot, war, disorder, disturb
  lungs
  silk
  sugar


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)