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
  steel
  figure, form, shape
  deceased, the late, dying, perish
  humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
  pain, hurt, damage, bruise
  tower, tall building, palace
  mail, stagecoach stop
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
  sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
  sand
  curtain, bunting, act of play
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  mid-air, air, space, sky, memorization, interval of time
  virtuous, good, goodness
  precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
  simplicity, brevity
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  perusal, see
  filial piety, child's respect
  range, region, limits, stage, level
  attire, dress, pretend, disguise, profess
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  sugar
  brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake
  constitution, law
  source, origin
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  timber trees, wood
  measurement, foot/10
  party, faction, clique
  play music, speak to a ruler, complete
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
  young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
  spring, fountain
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  figure, form, shape
  tailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern)
  humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
  steel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  brain, memory
  tower, tall building, palace
  mail, stagecoach stop
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce


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)