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
森
  stone
  gold
  forest, woods
  correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
花
  blue, green
  flower
  ten
  thousand
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
空
  empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum
  nine
  rice field, rice paddy
  enter, insert
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
五
  exam, school, printing, proof, correction
  dog
  five
  stream, river
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
中
  six
  before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
  in, inside, middle, mean, center
  name, noted, distinguished, reputation
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
手
  book, present, main, true, real, counter for long things
  hundred
  study, learning, science
  hand
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
下
  four
  town, village
  below, down, descend, give, low, inferior
  red
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
生
  thread
  life, genuine, birth
  early, fast
  right
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
正
  gold
  rest, day off, retire, sleep
  correct, justice, righteous, 10**40
  stone
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
十
  year
  ten
  thousand
  blue, green


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)