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
第
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  nose, snout
  No., residence
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
曲
  question, ask, problem
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  flavor, taste
  play
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
温
  warm
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  warehouse, storehouse
  juvenile, child
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
業
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  hot water, bath, hot spring
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
調
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
受
  station
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
軽
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  anti-
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  take, fetch, take up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
笛
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
投
  nose, snout
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
味
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  flavor, taste
  play
  question, ask, problem


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)