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
閣
  emperor
  call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
  tower, tall building, palace
  party, faction, clique
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
異
  chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer
  uncommon, queerness, strangeness, wonderful, curious, unusual
  nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
  back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
肺
  lungs
  inspection, regard as, see, look at
  translate, reason, circumstance, case
  skeleton, bone, remains, frame
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
蒸
  concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
  tide, salt water, opportunity
  steam, heat, sultry, foment, get musty
  genesis, wound, injury, hurt, start, originate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
盟
  leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt
  closed, shut
  alliance, oath
  muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
優
  highness, steps (of throne)
  stirred up, be invigorated, flourish
  climax, arrive, proceed, reach, attain, result in
  tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
孝
  wash, inquire into, probe
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
  filial piety, child's respect
  suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
棒
  hole, aperture, slit, cave, den
  rod, stick, cane, pole, club, line
  home town, village, native place, district
  sand
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
党
  call on, visit, look up, offer sympathy
  hinder, hurt, harm
  party, faction, clique
  emperor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
誕
  dangerous, fear, uneasy
  nativity, be born, declension, lie, be arbitrary
  back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
  chastise, attack, defeat, destroy, conquer


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)