Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 4

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 4 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 4 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
勇
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  vein, pulse, hope
  courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
  ballot, label, ticket, sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
静
  side, lean, oppose, regret
  quiet
  raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
  stomach, paunch, crop, craw
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
散
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
  negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
  prize, reward, praise
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
関
  end, close, tip, powder, posterity
  family name, surname, clan
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
必
  cool, cold (beer, person), chill
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  species, kind, class, variety, seed
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
約
  harm, injury
  lumber, log, timber, wood, talent
  nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love
  promise, approximately, shrink
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
案
  turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
  fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
  land, six
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
刷
  volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
  printing, print
  bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
票
  vein, pulse, hope
  national flag, banner, standard
  ballot, label, ticket, sign
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
挙
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
  raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
  stomach, paunch, crop, craw
  side, lean, oppose, regret


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)