Lesson test: Your first kanji

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Your first kanji

1.[1p]
A kanji standing on its own as a whole word usually takes which kind of reading?

the kun reading

Correct

the on reading

The answer is: the kun reading

both at once

The answer is: the kun reading

neither

The answer is: the kun reading

2.[1p]
Write the reading of 山やま when it stands alone as the ordinary word for mountain.

CorrectNot quite: やま

3.[1p]
Write the reading of 川かわ when it stands alone as the word for river.

CorrectNot quite: かわ

4.[2p]
日にち plus 本ほん makes the name of the country. Write its reading in hiragana.

CorrectNot quite: にほん

5.[3p]
Write the reading of 大学生だいがくせい in hiragana.

CorrectNot quite: だいがくせい

6.[2p]
Write the reading of 先生せんせい in hiragana.

CorrectNot quite: せんせい

7.[1p]
Two or more kanji packed together are usually read with their on readings.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

8.[2p]
Why does a single kanji have both an on reading and a kun reading?

the Chinese pronunciation was borrowed alongside the native Japanese word for the same meaning

Correct

one reading is for writing and the other is for speech

The answer is: the Chinese pronunciation was borrowed alongside the native Japanese word for the same meaning

the on reading is modern and the kun reading is obsolete

The answer is: the Chinese pronunciation was borrowed alongside the native Japanese word for the same meaning

the two readings mean two different things

The answer is: the Chinese pronunciation was borrowed alongside the native Japanese word for the same meaning

9.[3p]
Match each kanji with its meaning.

人ひと
田た
中なか
先さき

rice field
person
middle, inside
ahead, previous

Show the answer

人ひと: person 田た: rice field 中なか: middle, inside 先さき: ahead, previous

10.[3p]
Match each number kanji with its on reading.

三さん
六ろく
八はち
十じゅう

さん
はち
ろく
じゅう

Show the answer

三さん: さん六ろく: ろく八はち: はち十じゅう: じゅう

11.[2p]
The hiragana tail after a kanji, as in 読よみます, has a name. Write it in hiragana.

CorrectNot quite: おくりがな

12.[2p]
Write the polite form of the verb "to write" in kana only, as it is read.

CorrectNot quite: かきます

13.[2p]
Which reading does 本もと take in the surname やまもと?

もと

Correct

ほん

The answer is: もと

にち

The answer is: もと

がく

The answer is: もと

14.[1p]
Personal names mix on and kun readings freely, so an unfamiliar surname can stump a native speaker.

True

Correct

False

The answer is: True

1.[1p] A kanji standing on its own as a whole word usually takes which kind of reading?

2.[1p] Write the reading of 山やま when it stands alone as the ordinary word for mountain.

3.[1p] Write the reading of 川かわ when it stands alone as the word for river.

4.[2p] 日にち plus 本ほん makes the name of the country. Write its reading in hiragana.

5.[3p] Write the reading of 大学生だいがくせい in hiragana.

6.[2p] Write the reading of 先生せんせい in hiragana.

7.[1p] Two or more kanji packed together are usually read with their on readings.

8.[2p] Why does a single kanji have both an on reading and a kun reading?

9.[3p] Match each kanji with its meaning.

10.[3p] Match each number kanji with its on reading.

11.[2p] The hiragana tail after a kanji, as in 読よみます, has a name. Write it in hiragana.

12.[2p] Write the polite form of the verb "to write" in kana only, as it is read.

13.[2p] Which reading does 本もと take in the surname やまもと?

14.[1p] Personal names mix on and kun readings freely, so an unfamiliar surname can stump a native speaker.

1.[1p]
A kanji standing on its own as a whole word usually takes which kind of reading?

2.[1p]
Write the reading of 山やま when it stands alone as the ordinary word for mountain.

3.[1p]
Write the reading of 川かわ when it stands alone as the word for river.

4.[2p]
日にち plus 本ほん makes the name of the country. Write its reading in hiragana.

5.[3p]
Write the reading of 大学生だいがくせい in hiragana.

6.[2p]
Write the reading of 先生せんせい in hiragana.

7.[1p]
Two or more kanji packed together are usually read with their on readings.

8.[2p]
Why does a single kanji have both an on reading and a kun reading?

9.[3p]
Match each kanji with its meaning.

10.[3p]
Match each number kanji with its on reading.

11.[2p]
The hiragana tail after a kanji, as in 読よみます, has a name. Write it in hiragana.

12.[2p]
Write the polite form of the verb "to write" in kana only, as it is read.

13.[2p]
Which reading does 本もと take in the surname やまもと?

14.[1p]
Personal names mix on and kun readings freely, so an unfamiliar surname can stump a native speaker.