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
初
  utmost, most, extreme
  fishing, fishery
  first time, beginning
  printing, print
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
節
  raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
  node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
  bureaucrat, the government
  gentleman, samurai
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
照
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  fly, skip (pages), scatter
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  go-between, relationship
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
失
  grandchild, descendants
  seasons
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
兆
  gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
  resign, word, term, expression
  portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
  focus, government ministry, conserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
衣
  circumference, circuit, lap
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India
  garment, clothes, dressing
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
敗
  un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
  orders, ancient laws, command, decree
  failure, defeat, reversal
  breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
典
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  regiment, party, company, squad
  hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
刷
  fishing, fishery
  salt
  printing, print
  utmost, most, extreme
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
官
  freight, goods, property
  bureaucrat, the government
  gentleman, samurai
  raise, plan, project, behavior, actions


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)