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
  politics, government
  entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
  can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not
  investigate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  safeguard, protect
  statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
  acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
  cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  deposit, custody, leave with, entrust to
  defense, protection
  suitable, occasional, rare, qualified, capable
  fathom, plan, scheme, measure
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
  status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
  impart, instruct, grant, confer
  prohibition, ban, forbid
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  thick, heavy, rich, kind, cordial, brazen, shameless
  group, association
  standard, measure
  responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  attitude, condition, figure, appearance, voice (of verbs)
  dwindle, decrease, reduce, decline, curtail, get hungry
  guilt, sin, crime, fault, blame, offense
  reside, to be, exist, live with
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  ancestor, pioneer, founder
  value, price
  ticket
  wealth, enrich, abundant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  again, twice, second time
  expert, teacher, master, army, war
  boundary, border, region
  lady, woman, wife, bride
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
  acid, bitterness, sour, tart
  investigate
  politics, government
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  substance, quality, matter, temperament
  acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive
  cheerful, pleasant, agreeable, comfortable
  safeguard, protect


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)