Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 5

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 5 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 5 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
銅
  ward off, defend, protect, resist
  printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label
  copper
  single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
際
  burn, blaze, glow
  occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when
  disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
  impart, instruct, grant, confer
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
貸
  lend
  wealth, enrich, abundant
  pick, take, fetch, take up
  property, money, wealth, assets
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
現
  defense, protection
  entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure
  present, existing, actual
  fluid, liquid, juice, sap, secretion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
支
  extent, degree, law, formula, distance, limits, amount
  eternity, long, lengthy
  branch, support, sustain
  miscellaneous
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
益
  shift, move, change, drift, catch (cold, fire), pass into
  permit, approve
  fabricate, build, construct
  benefit, gain, profit, advantage
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
祖
  damage, loss, disadvantage, hurt, injure
  system, law, rule
  ancestor, pioneer, founder
  forces, energy, military strength
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
弁
  elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
  valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish
  fertilizer, get fat, fertile, manure, pamper
  status, rank, capacity, character, case (law, grammar)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
独
  printing block, printing plate, edition, impression, label
  forehead, tablet, plaque, framed picture, sum, amount, volume
  single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
  ward off, defend, protect, resist
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
災
  astray, be perplexed, in doubt, lost, err, illusion
  disaster, calamity, woe, curse, evil
  impart, instruct, grant, confer
  burn, blaze, glow


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)