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
聖
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
  wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
  holy, saint, sage, master, priest
  chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
層
  run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
  stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
  settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
  measurement, foot/10
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
仁
  humanity, virtue, benevolence, charity, man, kernel
  boom, prosper, copulate
  proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
  steel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
派
  admonish, commandment
  range, region, limits, stage, level
  faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
  income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
探
  bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
  young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
  grope, search, look for
  masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
奮
  virtuous, good, goodness
  brandish, wave, wag, swing, shake
  document, records
  stirred up, be invigorated, flourish
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
己
  maneuver, manipulate, operate, steer, chastity, virginity, fidelity
  haiku, actor
  self, snake, serpent
  ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
磁
  shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
  magnet, porcelain
  spring, fountain
  closed, shut
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
討
  wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
  shouldering, carry, raise, bear
  chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
納
  pain, hurt, damage, bruise
  settlement, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
  measurement, foot/10
  run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along


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)