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
最
  meal, boiled rice
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  utmost, most, extreme
  deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
旗
  side, lean, oppose, regret
  national flag, banner, standard
  outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
  navigate, sail, cruise, fly
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
低
  lower, short, humble
  chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
極
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
  fold, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit
  poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
  war, battle, match
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
照
  halt, stopping
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  revelation, tell, inform, announce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
芽
  fishing, fishery
  pine tree
  transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
象
  build
  chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
  prize, reward, praise
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
差
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
  end, close, tip, powder, posterity
  technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
議
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  deliberation, consultation, debate, consideration
  meal, boiled rice
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
観
  products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
  outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
  navigate, sail, cruise, fly
  side, lean, oppose, regret


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)