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
械
  land, six
  take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  build
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
浅
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
兆
  portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
  halt, stopping
  lower, short, humble
  record
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
札
  hundred million, 10**8
  national flag, banner, standard
  tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
  graduate, soldier, private, die
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
機
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
  gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
  special
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
鏡
  salvation, save, help, rescue, reclaim
  lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
  circumference, circuit, lap
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
貨
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
  fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
  freight, goods, property
  simple, one, single, merely
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
史
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
  history, chronicle
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
  climate, season, weather
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
建
  take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
  county, district
  build
  land, six
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
関
  work, (kokuji)
  connection, barrier, gateway, involve, concerning
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
  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)