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
副
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
  kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  invariably, certain, inevitable
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
泣
  reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
  cry, weep, moan
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
  achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
静
  quiet
  intestines, guts, bowels, viscera
  land, six
  nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
欠
  good, pleasing, skilled
  special
  lack, gap, fail
  pine tree
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
象
  savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
  go-between, relationship
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
完
  un-, not yet, hitherto, still, even now, sign of the ram, 1-3PM, eighth sign of Chinese zodiac
  vein, pulse, hope
  by means of, because, in view of, compared with
  perfect, completion, end
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
郡
  diameter, path, method
  lamp, a light, light, counter for lights
  county, district
  side, lean, oppose, regret
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
省
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  focus, government ministry, conserve
  grandchild, descendants
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
必
  kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
  faith, truth, fidelity, trust
  invariably, certain, inevitable
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
要
  scenery, view
  need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
  achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
  reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search


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)