Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 2

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 2 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 2 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
雪
  tea
  father
  snow
  room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
画
  face, expression
  brush-stroke, picture
  Parent's home, village, league
  company, firm, office, association, shrine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
買
  buy
  pond, cistern, pool, reservoir
  think
  mama, mother
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
家
  cut, cutoff, be sharp
  wide, broad, spacious
  house, home
  head, counter for large animals
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
引
  association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple
  scribe, account, narrative
  pull, tug, jerk, admit, install, quote, refer to
  oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
弓
  location, place
  rice, USA, metre
  plump, thick, big around
  bow, bow (archery, violin)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
同
  meat
  direction, person, alternative
  same, agree, equal
  week
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
親
  bright, light
  parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
  sword, saber, knife
  turn, number in a series
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
室
  father
  genius, years old, cubic shaku
  room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
  tea
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
里
  hear, ask, listen
  Parent's home, village, league
  company, firm, office, association, shrine
  face, expression


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)