How many can you read? Test your trivia skills with a brain-twisting ateji quiz!
“Amazons,” “Western hand towel,” “London”…
Just looking at the kanji, you’d never guess how to read them, but once you hear the answers, you can’t help but think, “Ah, that makes sense!” That’s the fun of ateji quizzes.
When you find out that foreign place names, instruments, foods, and other everyday katakana words can actually be written in kanji, it kind of changes how you see the world, doesn’t it? In this article, we’ve gathered ateji quizzes you can try casually, each with a multiple-choice hint.
Relax your mind and enjoy them with your family and friends!
- One-character difficult kanji quiz: a multiple-choice (3 options) game to learn the readings of challenging kanji
- [For Elementary School Students] Country Names in Kanji Quiz. A quick, fun quiz
- [General Knowledge] Summary of Kanji Quizzes Representing Country Names
- A three-choice quiz of useful trivia: a collection of questions you can use in everyday life
- [Challenging] General Knowledge Quiz Compilation: Difficult and Interesting Multiple-Choice Questions (3 Options)
- A quiz of interesting obscure kanji: characters that look easy but are hard to read
- [Interesting] Summary of Kanji Reading Quiz Questions
- How many can you read? A quiz on difficult kanji for foods
- [3-choice quiz] Can you get them all? Showa Quiz
- [Hard-to-Read Quiz] Single-character difficult kanji — including surprisingly simple ones!
- A quiz on how to read obscure kanji: words that become difficult when written in kanji.
- A multiple-choice quiz with three options for upper elementary students. Fun questions that build thinking skills.
- Surprisingly tricky! Check your general knowledge with a four-character idiom quiz
How many can you read? Test your trivia skills with a brain-teasing ateji quiz! (11–20)
okaraNEW!
- cauliflower
- okara
- Chinese cabbage
See the answer
okara
This kanji refers to the “press cake” that results when making tofu from soybeans. The white, fine substance left after squeezing soy milk is okara. The kanji “雪花” (snow + flower) is used because its white appearance resembles snow or flowers. The alternative name “kirazu” comes from the fact that it can be used without cutting. In everyday writing, it’s often written in hiragana as “おから,” but the kanji “雪花菜” refers to the same thing.
In conclusion
After trying the ateji quiz, you may have found yourself immersed in a deeper world of words than you expected.
The fun of interpreting meanings from combinations of kanji becomes subtly addictive as your knowledge grows.
If there were any questions that caught your interest, be sure to pose them to people around you and puzzle over them together!


