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
辺
  ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
  end, close, tip, powder, posterity
  environs, boundary, border, vicinity
  stomach, paunch, crop, craw
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
種
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  species, kind, class, variety, seed
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  flour, powder, dust
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
夫
  husband, man
  cry, weep, moan
  history, chronicle
  perfect, completion, end
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
松
  special
  tag, paper money, counter for bonds, placard, bid
  pine tree
  quantity, measure, weight, amount, consider, estimate, surmise
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
型
  scatter, disperse, spend, squander
  adhere, attach, refer to, append
  mould, type, model
  chronicle, account, narrative, history, annals, geologic period
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
漁
  public chamber, hall
  salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
  curriculum, continuation, passage of time
  fishing, fishery
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
冷
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
  regiment, party, company, squad
  cool, cold (beer, person), chill
  vein, pulse, hope
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
説
  work, (kokuji)
  rumor, opinion, theory
  people, nation, subjects
  pipe, tube, wind instrument, drunken talk
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
胃
  end, close, tip, powder, posterity
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
  stomach, paunch, crop, craw
  ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
鏡
  love, affection, favourite
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  flour, powder, dust
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss


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)