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
  good, pleasing, skilled
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  boulevard, street, town
  sash, belt, obi, zone, region
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
  ease, peace
  plum
  fishing, fishery
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  rumor, opinion, theory
  kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  retainer, subject
  lower, short, humble
  halt, stopping
  adhere, attach, refer to, append
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  method, law, rule, principle, model, system
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
  seat, mat, occasion, place
  resign, word, term, expression
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  seasons
  quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  fly, skip (pages), scatter
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  fee, materials
  verification, effect, testing
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  continue, series, sequel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  unusual, change, strange
  laugh
  instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read
  hundred million, 10**8
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
  sash, belt, obi, zone, region
  good, pleasing, skilled
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury
  plum
  fishing, fishery
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to


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)