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
傷
  eaves, roof, house, heaven
  fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
  wound, hurt, injure, impair, pain, injury, cut, gash, scar, weak point
  hinder, hurt, harm
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2
担
  watch over, see
  shouldering, carry, raise, bear
  hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
  mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
将
  leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
  quandary, become distressed, annoyed
  ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
  place on the head, receive, top of head, top, summit, peak
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4
鋼
  shaku, Japanese foot, measure, scale, rule
  accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate
  steel
  figure, form, shape
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5
並
  abdomen, belly, stomach
  look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
  row, and, besides, as well as, line up, rank with, rival, equal
  stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
縮
  authority, power, rights
  deceased, the late, dying, perish
  crimson, deep red
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
灰
  diligence, become employed, serve
  proclaim, say, announce
  ashes, puckery juice, cremate
  precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
探
  mail, stagecoach stop
  grope, search, look for
  scheme, plan, policy, step, means
  closed, shut
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
障
  fare, fee, hire, rent, wages, charge
  entrails, viscera, bowels
  hinder, hurt, harm
  eaves, roof, house, heaven
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
穴
  castle
  hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
  mellow, ripen, mature, acquire skill
  watch over, see


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)