Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 1

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 1 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 1 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
草
  gold
  enter, insert
  grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
  fire
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
石
  above, up
  stone
  white
  child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
土
  soil, earth, ground, Turkey
  ten
  four
  tree, wood
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
百
  little, small
  thread
  hundred
  ear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
花
  circle, yen, round
  woman, female
  flower
  water
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
足
  study, learning, science
  month, moon
  two
  leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
貝
  blue, green
  male
  shellfish
  before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
夕
  mouth
  evening
  seven
  town, village
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
火
  enter, insert
  five
  fire
  gold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
白
  empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
  white
  child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
  above, up


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)