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
  tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
  failure, defeat, reversal
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  contend, dispute, argue
  regiment, party, company, squad
  gentleman, samurai
  invariably, certain, inevitable
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  garment, clothes, dressing
  flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
  family name, surname, clan
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  England, English
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
  technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
  build
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  profit, advantage, benefit
  together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
  ease, peace
  node, season, period, occasion, verse, clause, stanza, honor, joint, knuckle, knob, knot, tune, melody
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  army, force, troops, war, battle
  take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
  un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
  salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
  harm, injury
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  director, official, govt office, rule, administer
  revelation, tell, inform, announce
  sort, kind, variety, class, genus
  vein, pulse, hope
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  failure, defeat, reversal
  nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
  tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  rumor, opinion, theory
  gentleman, samurai
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  contend, dispute, argue


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)