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
半
  brush-stroke, picture
  outside
  half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
  door
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
考
  turn, number in a series
  consider, think over
  gates
  father
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
数
  number, strength, fate, law, figures
  north
  craft, construction
  friend
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
語
  springtime, spring (season)
  say
  word, speech, language
  buy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
鳥
  ship, boat
  road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings
  bird, chicken
  tale, talk
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
万
  music, comfort, ease
  clear up
  Buddhist temple
  ten thousand
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
少
  elder brother, big brother
  fur, hair, feather, down
  few, little
  meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
色
  now
  color
  behind, back, later
  voice
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
戸
  outside
  head, counter for large animals
  door
  brush-stroke, picture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
門
  inside, within, between, among, house, home
  gates
  father
  turn, number in a series


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)