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Auspicious Words Kanji Quiz

[Brain Training] Kanji Quiz ✏️ Auspicious Words ✨ Perfect for the New Year!! “A Little Daily Brain Workout”

Will your luck improve!? Here are some ideas for a kanji quiz featuring auspicious words.

When you hear “lucky” or “auspicious” words, what comes to mind? If you form an image first and then tackle the quiz, your accuracy might even go up.

For example, a question might show the phrase “家内安全” and ask you to consider how it is read and what it means.

There are 15 such questions.

There are also hints, so feel free to give the quiz a try!

Kanji quiz with the fish radical

[Obscure Fish Kanji] A tough quiz on fish-related kanji! 25 in a row!

Here are some ideas for a tricky quiz on kanji with the “fish” radical.

The exact count varies depending on the dictionary and what you include, but it seems there are actually more than 200 such characters.

We might think we know the kanji for fish that commonly appear on the dining table, but if you don’t fish or work with fish, many of them can be quite difficult.

For example, there’s a quiz with 25 questions where a fish-radical kanji is shown and you’re asked, “How do you read this kanji?” The questions get more difficult in the latter half, but it really piques your curiosity.

Four-character idiom fill-in-the-blank quiz

[Four-Character Idiom Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz: 15 Questions] Easy Edition! Featuring Famous Yojijukugo! [Fun Problems for Seniors]

Four-character idioms are hard to write in kanji, but wouldn’t a fill-in-the-blank quiz make them more fun? Of course, there are people who can write them perfectly in kanji, but to keep things clear for everyone, let’s enjoy a fill-in-the-blank quiz where one character is left blank for people to answer.

Once you get used to it, you can customize it by choosing more difficult idioms or leaving two blanks, which makes it even more engaging.

If it seems too hard, it might also be good to have people read them and then answer.

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Kanji quiz with characters many people misread

What is the reading of the commonly misread kanji '五十歩百歩'? A kanji quiz with 15 tricky questions on frequently misread characters!

Easily misread words! Here are some ideas for a kanji quiz featuring characters that many people read incorrectly.

Even words you use every day might actually be ones you’ve been misreading.

In recent years, there have even been cases where incorrect usage spread and became socially accepted.

This time, let’s try a kanji quiz that many people get wrong.

For example, a word like “呑気” is shown, and you’re asked, “How do you read this kanji?” There are 15 such questions.

Each has a 10-second time limit, so if you want to think more carefully, try pausing the video as you go.

Kanji quiz: Things found in the house

[Kanji Quiz | Brain Training for Seniors] Kanji about items found in the home! 20 questions in total! Includes printable materials! Great to play on loop! Perfect for recreation in care facilities or for spare moments at home! Beginner, intermediate, and advanced questions provided #18

Let’s try writing items found at home or commonly used and seen in daily life in kanji.

Even older adults may find that, when turned into a quiz, they can’t recall kanji they actually know.

That could make it lively, and you can also give hints and have people arrive at the answers.

Even kanji of higher difficulty can be enjoyed as an opportunity to learn something new.

With ideas like multiple-choice questions where you select from a few options, you can create a variety of engaging problems.

By all means, make use of quizzes based on things around the house and enjoy a fun time.

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