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
徒
  lower, short, humble
  mould, type, model
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
脈
  vice-, duplicate, copy
  vein, pulse, hope
  species, kind, class, variety, seed
  turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
輪
  wheel, ring, circle, link, loop, counter for wheels and flowers
  placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn
  side, lean, oppose, regret
  boulevard, street, town
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
浅
  perfect, completion, end
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
  shallow, superficial, frivolous, wretched, shameful
  portent, 10**12, trillion, sign, omen, symptoms
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
挙
  surround, besiege, store, paling, enclosure, encircle, preserve, keep
  achievement, merits, success, honor, credit
  raise, plan, project, behavior, actions
  contend, dispute, argue
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
希
  flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
  reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve
  each, every, either
  hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
最
  lack, gap, fail
  poison, virus, venom, germ, harm, injury, spite
  utmost, most, extreme
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
底
  accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
  bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
  regiment, party, company, squad
  pine tree
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
念
  mould, type, model
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
  wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
  lower, short, humble
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
種
  continue, series, sequel
  species, kind, class, variety, seed
  turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach
  vice-, duplicate, copy


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)