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
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  promise, approximately, shrink
  distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  elect, select, choose, prefer
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  record
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
  pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk
  each, every, either
  good, pleasing, skilled
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  co-, cooperation
  quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
  fee, materials
  revelation, tell, inform, announce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
  unusual, change, strange
  sash, belt, obi, zone, region
  love, affection, favourite
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
  example, custom, usage, precedent
  land, six
  war, battle, match
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
  intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
  breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
  gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  laugh
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  elect, select, choose, prefer
  promise, approximately, shrink


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)