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
材
  regiment, party, company, squad
  sort, kind, variety, class, genus
  lumber, log, timber, wood, talent
  volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
試
  outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
  test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
栄
  flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
  hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal
  salary, wage, gift, allow, grant, bestow on
  reformation, change, modify, mend, renew, examine, inspect, search
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
結
  junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
  contend, dispute, argue
  tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
  land, six
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
約
  freight, goods, property
  ballot, label, ticket, sign
  promise, approximately, shrink
  expense, cost, spend, consume, waste
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
清
  faith, truth, fidelity, trust
  elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)
  verification, effect, testing
  pure, purify, cleanse, exorcise, Manchu dynasty
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
察
  graduate, soldier, private, die
  family name, surname, clan
  guess, presume, surmise, judge, understand
  obey, order, turn, right, docility, occasion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
粉
  seat, mat, occasion, place
  flour, powder, dust
  laugh
  plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, bill, worry
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
積
  sort, kind, variety, class, genus
  harden, set, clot, curdle
  volume, product (x*y), acreage, contents, pile up, stack, load, amass
  regiment, party, company, squad
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
養
  history, chronicle
  foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
  bud, sprout, spear, germ
  outlook, look, appearance, condition, view


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)