Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 3

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 3 of elementary school
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For each of the following 10 randomly selected Grade 3 Kanji, select the correct English meanings from the multiple choice answers.

Handy hint Many Kanji are derived from pictures of the things which they represent. Allegedly.

 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
1
放
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
昭
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  shining, bright
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
全
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
  station
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  escort, send
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
服
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  courtyard, garden, yard
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
羊
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  reality, truth
  sheep
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
返
  charcoal, coal
  chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
  ill, sick
  return, answer, fade, repay
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
去
  use
  revolve, turn around, change
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  beans, pea, midget
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
待
  swim
  wait, depend on
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
  lake
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
丁
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  oil, fat
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
院
  world
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen


The Kanji Data used in these tests is provided courtesy of a download from the KANJIDIC/KANJD212 Project - thanks dudes! The grade levels are as specified by the Japanese Ministry of Education for kanji that are to be taught in elementary school (according to the notes on the Kanjidic website)

   

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