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
脳
  shouldering, carry, raise, bear
  concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
  brain, memory
  tower, tall building, palace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
宗
  specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely
  religion, sect, denomination, main point, origin, essence
  place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
  descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
乱
  riot, war, disorder, disturb
  authority, power, rights
  faction, group, party, clique, sect, school
  ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
郵
  renowned, publish, write, remarkable, phenomenal, put on, don, wear, arrival, finish (race), counter for suits of clothing, literary work
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
  mail, stagecoach stop
  nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
熟
  document, records
  play music, speak to a ruler, complete
  mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill
  lineage, system
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
訳
  range, region, limits, stage, level
  milk, breasts
  secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness
  translate, reason, circumstance, case
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
郷
  wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
  filial piety, child's respect
  home town, village, native place, district
  stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
己
  longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
  self, snake, serpent
  climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in
  empress, queen, after, behind, back, later
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
閣
  concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
  spring, fountain
  tower, tall building, palace
  shouldering, carry, raise, bear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
頂
  dry, parch
  place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
  descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
  specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely


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)