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
省
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  focus, government ministry, conserve
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
漁
  nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love
  fishing, fishery
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  seasons
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
貨
  freight, goods, property
  take along, lead, join, connect, party, gang, clique
  Dr., command, esteem, win acclaim, Ph.D., exposition, fair
  land, six
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
老
  technique, art, craft, performance, acting, trick, stunt
  volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
  old man, old age, grow old
  pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
司
  toil, diligent, as much as possible
  newborn babe, child, young of animals
  director, official, govt office, rule, administer
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
観
  printing, print
  each, every, either
  verification, effect, testing
  outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
囲
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  salt
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
以
  species, kind, class, variety, seed
  by means of, because, in view of, compared with
  hundred million, 10**8
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
覚
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  navigate, sail, cruise, fly
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
典
  special
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  seasons
  nonplussed, three, going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love


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)