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
単
  war, battle, match
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
  simple, one, single, merely
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
毒
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
  people, nation, subjects
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
例
  example, custom, usage, precedent
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  co-, cooperation
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
害
  rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
  un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
  harm, injury
  garment, clothes, dressing
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
栄
  kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
  poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
  flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
  soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
費
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
  perfect, completion, end
  obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
兆
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  director, official, govt office, rule, administer
  portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
  godown, warehouse, storehouse, cellar, treasury
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
省
  bathe, be favored with, bask in
  focus, government ministry, conserve
  products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
  accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
辺
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
  printing, print
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  war, battle, match
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
民
  chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
  people, nation, subjects
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep


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)