Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 4

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 4 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 4 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
働
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
  work, (kokuji)
  plum
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
喜
  prize, reward, praise
  rejoice, take pleasure in
  bureaucrat, the government
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
貨
  freight, goods, property
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  meal, boiled rice
  negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
観
  petition, request, vow, wish, hope
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
  outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
  yesterday, previous
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
失
  heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  focus, government ministry, conserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
共
  halt, stopping
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
  printing, print
  together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
要
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
  resign, word, term, expression
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
争
  pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
  contend, dispute, argue
  grandchild, descendants
  regiment, party, company, squad
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
梅
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
  example, custom, usage, precedent
  plum
  invariably, certain, inevitable
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
官
  bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
  bureaucrat, the government
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
  prize, reward, praise


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)