Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 2

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 2 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 2 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
外
  straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
  fur, hair, feather, down
  outside
  beginning, former time, origin
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
高
  springtime, spring (season)
  tall, high, expensive
  dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
  Parent's home, village, league
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
東
  east
  long, leader
  lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
  pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
当
  younger brother, faithful service to elders
  hear, ask, listen
  hit, right, appropriate, himself
  rice, USA, metre
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
北
  read
  think
  north
  going, journey
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
週
  traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters
  consider, think over
  vapor, steam
  week
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
点
  valley
  horse
  spot, point, mark, speck, decimal point
  solution, answer
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
茶
  yellow
  tea
  many, frequent, much
  plot, plan, scheme, measure
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
元
  fur, hair, feather, down
  friend
  beginning, former time, origin
  straightaway, honesty, frankness, fix, repair
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
細
  logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
  dainty, get thin, taper, slender, narrow
  Parent's home, village, league
  springtime, spring (season)


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)

   

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