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
約
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  husband, man
  promise, approximately, shrink
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
漁
  climate, season, weather
  fishing, fishery
  add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
  curriculum, continuation, passage of time
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
課
  chapter, lesson, section, department, division, counter for chapters (of a book)
  pine tree
  intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
  army, force, troops, war, battle
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
然
  contraption, fetter, machine, instrument
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
  ease, peace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
労
  regiment, party, company, squad
  wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  co-, cooperation
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
要
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
  diameter, path, method
  salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
案
  faith, truth, fidelity, trust
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
  focus, government ministry, conserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
位
  tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
  rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
  circumference, circuit, lap
  utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
象
  husband, man
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
加
  each, every, either
  add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada
  curriculum, continuation, passage of time
  climate, season, weather


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)