Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 6

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 6 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 6 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
后
  bequeath, leave behind, reserve
  place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
  empress, queen, after, behind, back, later
  hinder, hurt, harm
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2
縦
  nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
  vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
  humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
  spring, fountain
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
欲
  longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
  run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
  figure, form, shape
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
除
  accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
  home, house, residence, our house, my husband
  exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
  inspection, regard as, see, look at
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
己
  part of speech, words, poetry
  source, origin
  self, snake, serpent
  crimson, deep red
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
裁
  infancy, childhood
  revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted
  settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
  tailor, judge, decision, cut out (pattern)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
株
  translate, reason, circumstance, case
  dry, parch
  stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
  broaden, extend, expand, enlarge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
骨
  price, cost, value
  skeleton, bone, remains, frame
  imitation, copy, mock
  rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
障
  place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
  ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
  hinder, hurt, harm
  bequeath, leave behind, reserve
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
仁
  lungs
  humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
  spring, fountain
  nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary


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)