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
存
  discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
  magnet, porcelain
  suppose, be aware of, believe, feel
  bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
優
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
  tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
  precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
陛
  highness, steps (of throne)
  silk
  hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
  steel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
宇
  diligence, become employed, serve
  dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place
  eaves, roof, house, heaven
  vertical, length, height, self-indulgent, wayward
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
忠
  needle, pin, staple, stinger
  income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
  loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
  forget
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
割
  egg, ovum, spawn, roe
  descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
  unfold, expand
  proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
盛
  spring, fountain
  engrave, cut fine, chop, hash, mince, time, carving
  boom, prosper, copulate
  quandary, become distressed, annoyed
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
誠
  emperor
  sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
  suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
  leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
胸
  magnet, porcelain
  exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
  bosom, breast, chest, heart, feelings
  discard, throw away, abandon, resign, reject, sacrifice
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
貴
  dry, parch
  precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)


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)