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
好
  first time, beginning
  vein, pulse, hope
  fond, pleasing, like something
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
競
  people, nation, subjects
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
  ease, peace
  courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
信
  faith, truth, fidelity, trust
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  prize, reward, praise
  test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
良
  seasons
  soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics
  good, pleasing, skilled
  ballot, label, ticket, sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
希
  illuminate, shine, compare, bashful
  hundred million, 10**8
  hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
令
  toil, diligent, as much as possible
  build
  together, both, neither, all, and, alike, with
  orders, ancient laws, command, decree
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
借
  garment, clothes, dressing
  sort, kind, variety, class, genus
  borrow, rent
  pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
周
  freight, goods, property
  circumference, circuit, lap
  instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
健
  vein, pulse, hope
  old man, old age, grow old
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  first time, beginning
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
康
  gentleman, samurai
  ease, peace
  courage, cheer up, be in high spirits, bravery, heroism
  people, nation, subjects


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)