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
  holy, saint, sage, master, priest
  squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
  acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  steel
  ego, I, selfish, our, oneself
  one-sided, leaf, sheet
  leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  income, obtain, reap, pay, supply, store
  proportion, comparatively, divide, cut, separate, split
  exclude, division (x/3), remove, abolish, cancel, except
  finish, come to an end, excusable, need not
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  milk, breasts
  simplicity, brevity
  criticism, strike
  stratum, social class, layer, story, floor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  proclaim, say, announce
  filial piety, child's respect
  precious, value, prize, esteem, honor
  muscle, sinew, tendon, fiber, plot, plan, descent
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
  descend, precipitate, fall, surrender
  tower, tall building, palace
  tome, counter for books, volume
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  constitution, law
  magnet, porcelain
  livelihood, make a living, spend time
  scroll, volume, book, part, roll up, wind up, tie, coil, counter for texts (or book scrolls)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  concerning, settle, take position, depart, study, per
  stocks, stump, shares, stock, counter for small plants
  entrails, viscera, bowels
  quandary, become distressed, annoyed
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit
  back, amidst, in, reverse, inside, palm, sole, rear, lining, wrong side
  shrink, contract, shrivel, wrinkle, reduce
  holy, saint, sage, master, priest
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  suck, imbibe, inhale, sip
  one-sided, leaf, sheet
  leather, become serious, skin, hide, pelt
  steel


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)