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
除
  needle, pin, staple, stinger
  masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
  exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
  leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
干
  look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
  dry, parch
  holy, saint, sage, master, priest
  filial piety, child's respect
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
善
  virtuous, good, goodness
  closed, shut
  storehouse, hide, own, have, possess
  magnet, porcelain
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
鋼
  longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
  difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect
  steel
  run alongside, follow along, run along, lie along
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
窓
  melodious, clear, bright, serene, cheerful
  document, records
  window, pane
  worship, adore, pray to
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6
染
  stern, strictness, severity, rigidity
  conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support
  row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal
  dye, color, paint, stain, print
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
垂
  figure, form, shape
  prolong, stretching
  droop, suspend, hang, slouch
  vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
補
  back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
  supplement, supply, make good, offset, compensate, assistant, learner
  shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
  price, cost, value
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
革
  masses, great numbers, multitude, populace
  home town, village, native place, district
  leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt
  needle, pin, staple, stinger
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
聖
  criticism, strike
  holy, saint, sage, master, priest
  filial piety, child's respect
  look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on


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)