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
  bureaucrat, the government
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
  old man, old age, grow old
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  grandchild, descendants
  stamp, seal, mark, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, India
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  method, law, rule, principle, model, system
  reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
  memorize, learn, remember, awake, sober up
  tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  code, ceremony, law, rule
  utmost, most, extreme
  revelation, tell, inform, announce
  bundle, sheaf, ream, tie in bundles, govern, manage, control
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  example, custom, usage, precedent
  cry, weep, moan
  fruit, reward, carry out, achieve, complete, end, finish, succeed
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  mirror, speculum, barrel-head, round rice-cake offering
  climate, season, weather
  breed, care for, shepherd, feed, pasture
  halt, stopping
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  flour, powder, dust
  fly, skip (pages), scatter
  mechanism, opportunity, occasion, machine, airplane
  circumference, circuit, lap
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
  harden, set, clot, curdle
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
  utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  borough, urban prefecture, govt office, representative body, storehouse
  old man, old age, grow old
  bureaucrat, the government
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  signpost, seal, mark, stamp, imprint, symbol, emblem, trademark, evidence, souvenir, target
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  grandchild, descendants


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)