Lesson test: Reading kanji at scale

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Reading kanji at scale

1.[2p]
How many characters are on the 常用漢字じょうようかんじ list after the 2010 revision?

CorrectNot quite: 2136

2.[2p]
The 1981 list held 1945 characters. The 2010 revision added 196 and removed 5. How many were on the list afterwards?

CorrectNot quite: 2136

3.[3p]
What did Xu Shen's 説文解字せつもんかいじ of 100 CE find about the majority of characters?

About 82 per cent were phono-semantic compounds, one part giving sense and one giving sound

Correct

About 82 per cent were pictures of the things they named

The answer is: About 82 per cent were phono-semantic compounds, one part giving sense and one giving sound

They had no consistent internal structure

The answer is: About 82 per cent were phono-semantic compounds, one part giving sense and one giving sound

Each had exactly one reading

The answer is: About 82 per cent were phono-semantic compounds, one part giving sense and one giving sound

4.[3p]
A character is followed by trailing kana. What does that most reliably tell you?

It is taking a kun reading, since native words inflect and the inflection is written in kana

Correct

It is taking an on reading, since compounds are borrowed as units

The answer is: It is taking a kun reading, since native words inflect and the inflection is written in kana

It is the first character of a two-kanji compound

The answer is: It is taking a kun reading, since native words inflect and the inflection is written in kana

It is not on the 常用漢字じょうようかんじ list

The answer is: It is taking a kun reading, since native words inflect and the inflection is written in kana

5.[3p]
If you know 95 per cent of the characters you meet, what percentage of two-kanji words do you know both characters of? Give the answer to two decimal places.

CorrectNot quite: 90.25

6.[3p]
A page has 800 characters, of which 40 per cent are kanji. At 95 per cent coverage, how many characters on the page can you not read?

CorrectNot quite: 16

7.[3p]
見学けんがく and 花見はなみ use the same character with different readings. Which rule does each follow?

見学けんがく is on plus on as a borrowed compound, 花見はなみ is kun plus kun as a native one

Correct

見学けんがく is kun plus kun, 花見はなみ is on plus on

The answer is: [見学]{けんがく} is on plus on as a borrowed compound, [花見]{はなみ} is kun plus kun as a native one

Both are on plus on, and 花見はなみ is an exception with no rule

The answer is: [見学]{けんがく} is on plus on as a borrowed compound, [花見]{はなみ} is kun plus kun as a native one

The reading depends on how many strokes the second character has

The answer is: [見学]{けんがく} is on plus on as a borrowed compound, [花見]{はなみ} is kun plus kun as a native one

8.[4p]
Match each term to what it names.

常用漢字じょうようかんじ
教育漢字きょういくかんじ
重箱読じゅうばこよみ
湯桶読ゆとうよみ

the 1026 characters taught in primary school
a compound read kun then on
a compound read on then kun
the 2136 characters recommended for general use

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常用漢字じょうようかんじ: the 2136 characters recommended for general use 教育漢字きょういくかんじ: the 1026 characters taught in primary school 重箱読じゅうばこよみ: a compound read on then kun 湯桶読ゆとうよみ: a compound read kun then on

9.[2p]
The 寺じ series shows that a phonetic component is a reliable rule rather than a guess to be checked.

True

The answer is: False

False

Correct

1.[2p] How many characters are on the 常用漢字じょうようかんじ list after the 2010 revision?

2.[2p] The 1981 list held 1945 characters. The 2010 revision added 196 and removed 5. How many were on the list afterwards?

3.[3p] What did Xu Shen's 説文解字せつもんかいじ of 100 CE find about the majority of characters?

4.[3p] A character is followed by trailing kana. What does that most reliably tell you?

5.[3p] If you know 95 per cent of the characters you meet, what percentage of two-kanji words do you know both characters of? Give the answer to two decimal places.

6.[3p] A page has 800 characters, of which 40 per cent are kanji. At 95 per cent coverage, how many characters on the page can you not read?

7.[3p] 見学けんがく and 花見はなみ use the same character with different readings. Which rule does each follow?

8.[4p] Match each term to what it names.

9.[2p] The 寺じ series shows that a phonetic component is a reliable rule rather than a guess to be checked.

1.[2p]
How many characters are on the 常用漢字じょうようかんじ list after the 2010 revision?

2.[2p]
The 1981 list held 1945 characters. The 2010 revision added 196 and removed 5. How many were on the list afterwards?

3.[3p]
What did Xu Shen's 説文解字せつもんかいじ of 100 CE find about the majority of characters?

4.[3p]
A character is followed by trailing kana. What does that most reliably tell you?

5.[3p]
If you know 95 per cent of the characters you meet, what percentage of two-kanji words do you know both characters of? Give the answer to two decimal places.

6.[3p]
A page has 800 characters, of which 40 per cent are kanji. At 95 per cent coverage, how many characters on the page can you not read?

7.[3p]
見学けんがく and 花見はなみ use the same character with different readings. Which rule does each follow?

8.[4p]
Match each term to what it names.

9.[2p]
The 寺じ series shows that a phonetic component is a reliable rule rather than a guess to be checked.