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
選
  family name, surname, clan
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  elect, select, choose, prefer
  ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
兆
  meal, boiled rice
  portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
巣
  nest, rookery, hive, cobweb, den
  county, district
  lower, short, humble
  wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
労
  turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
  savings, store, lay in, keep, wear mustache
  labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble
  remainder, leftover, balance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
完
  climate, season, weather
  achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
  perfect, completion, end
  fee, materials
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
便
  work, (kokuji)
  lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
  negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
  convenience
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
熱
  sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
  chant, recite, call upon, yell
  heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
  wrap, pack up, cover, conceal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
験
  distinction, difference, variation, discrepancy, margin, balance
  verification, effect, testing
  salt
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
望
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  request, want, wish for, require, demand
  ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect
  family name, surname, clan
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
健
  utensil, vessel, receptacle, implement, instrument, ability, container, tool, set
  healthy, health, strength, persistence
  emulate, compete with, bid, sell at auction, bout, contest, race
  meal, boiled rice


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)