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
望
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  laugh
  ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
  celebrate, congratulate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
芸
  diameter, path, method
  technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  vegetable, side dish, greens
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
参
  nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love
  orders, ancient laws, command, decree
  pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk
  code, ceremony, law, rule
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
械
  by means of, because, in view of, compared with
  example, custom, usage, precedent
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
唱
  tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
  borrow, rent
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
  utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
課
  climate, season, weather
  salt
  prize, reward, praise
  chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
便
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
  convenience
  focus, government ministry, conserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
巣
  old man, old age, grow old
  nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
  separate, branch off, diverge, fork, another, extra, specially
  together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
祝
  laugh
  record
  celebrate, congratulate
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
副
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  vegetable, side dish, greens
  diameter, path, method


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)