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
  three
  ten
  grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft
  flower
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
空
  village, town, block, street
  empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
  before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
  seven
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
下
  below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
  nine
  evening
  rice field, rice paddy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
火
  bamboo
  large, big
  fire
  stone
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
右
  spirit, mind
  exam, school, printing, proof, correction
  right
  ear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
八
  power, strong, strain, bear up, exert
  eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
  insect, bug, temper
  eight
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
生
  blue, green
  above, up
  life, genuine, birth
  soil, earth, ground, Turkey
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
二
  stand up
  two
  character, letter, word, section of village
  mountain
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
花
  ten
  tree, wood
  flower
  three
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
先
  year
  before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
  seven
  village, town, block, street


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)