[Interesting] Summary of Kanji Reading Quiz Questions
Are you good with kanji?
Some people say they can’t write difficult kanji but are good at reading them, while others feel kanji is really not their strong suit at all.
Here, we present a lineup of quizzes focused mainly on hard-to-read kanji.
We also offer many you can try casually to kill a bit of time in your spare moments.
Thinking through them makes for good brain training, so we highly recommend it.
Whether you love kanji or struggle with it, give it a try!
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- A quiz on how to read obscure kanji: words that become difficult when written in kanji.
- [Hard-to-Read Quiz] Single-character difficult kanji — including surprisingly simple ones!
- [For Elementary School Students] Cipher Quiz: Fun Puzzle Riddles
- Can You Read These? Quiz on Kanji with Many Strokes
- One-character difficult kanji quiz: a multiple-choice (3 options) game to learn the readings of challenging kanji
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[Interesting] Summary of Kanji Reading Quiz Questions (1–10)
Japanese Kanji Proficiency Test Pre-1st Level Questions
Kanji Kentei Level 1 could be called the god-tier of kanji.
You’re probably curious what kinds of characters those test-takers can write and read.
When you actually try the questions, you’ll see tons of kanji that seem familiar yet you can’t quite solve.
If you can get even half of these, it’s brag-worthy—these are ultra-difficult.
So what’s your level with hard-to-read kanji? Give it a try!
Tool Name Quiz
Even the tools we use every day have kanji.
If you know the kanji for various items, you might be able to show off when you use them.
The tools featured in this quiz are all familiar, everyday things.
Not only can you answer the quiz yourself, but you can also give it to others and proudly show off your knowledge like a trivia master.
Four-character idiom quiz
Four-character idioms pop up in all sorts of places.
Use them stylishly and you’ll attract attention, but misreading them can often be embarrassing.
Here’s a quiz of commonly misread four-character idioms.
Check that you can read them properly so you’ll be ready to use them when it counts.
Aim to become a master of four-character idioms!
[Interesting] Collection of Kanji Reading Quiz Questions (11–20)
Is it embarrassing if an adult can’t read it?
Here is a reading quiz for kanji we casually use every day.
When presented anew, you might find you don’t know how to read some of them.
There are many questions that adults should know, so be sure to remember any you get wrong.
In some cases, even seeing the answer might not make it clear, so it’s a good idea to look up the meanings.
It’s a check that thoroughly tests your common knowledge as an adult.
10 Difficult/Obscure Kanji Questions
Here’s a quiz of 10 kanji that are difficult to read.
The correct answer rate is below 50%, so more than half of people get them wrong.
On the other hand, many of these are worth bragging about if you can read them properly, so try to memorize them.
If you get all the questions right, why not take this opportunity to try a Kanji Kentei (Kanji Proficiency Test) or something similar?
Obscure kanji related to the sea
When it comes to the source of life on Earth, it’s the ocean, right? This quiz is a reading test for kanji related to the sea.
It features not only marine animals but a variety of other organisms too, so give it a try.
You’ll even find that adorable ocean favorite and some delicious seafood among them.
Kanji quiz that only 30% of people can read
It’s a kanji quiz with a low but possibly answerable correct-answer rate of 30%.
Even if you don’t know a character, you might be able to guess its reading, so don’t give up—think it through.
It can be fun to consider the meanings or look things up, so studying after the quiz is a good idea too.
It’s also recommended as an easy idea for making your own quizzes.