漢字検定 Kanji Kentei (kanken)
This is a test for Japanese, but which many foreigners seem to take an interest in. If you love kanji, you might want to try out some of the lower levels, or at least some of the study and practice materials. It has levels from 10 (easiest) to 1 (most difficult).
Levels 10 to 5 correspond to Japanese elementary school grades 1 to 6.
Levels 4 to 準2 (pre-2) map to JHS 1 to 3.
Level 2 is pretty serious business, and covers more esoteric things learned through JHS and high school.
準1(pre-1) is enough to challenge native high school and college graduates.
Level 1 is only for serious kanji nerds and linguists, testing knowledge of several thousand kanji that are not found in daily use.
None of these tests will really benefit you directly, but natives will be extremely impressed if you mention that you’ve passed any level above 5 (honestly, you’d probably get some surprised gasps for having passed level 8).
Levels 10 to 5 correspond to Japanese elementary school grades 1 to 6.
Levels 4 to 準2 (pre-2) map to JHS 1 to 3.
Level 2 is pretty serious business, and covers more esoteric things learned through JHS and high school.
準1(pre-1) is enough to challenge native high school and college graduates.
Level 1 is only for serious kanji nerds and linguists, testing knowledge of several thousand kanji that are not found in daily use.
None of these tests will really benefit you directly, but natives will be extremely impressed if you mention that you’ve passed any level above 5 (honestly, you’d probably get some surprised gasps for having passed level 8).