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
和
  period, time, date, term
  flavor, taste
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
急
  trip, travel
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
向
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  drink, smoke, take
  notebook, account book, album
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
族
  generation, world, society, public
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  tribe, family
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
落
  other, another, the others
  dish, a helping, plate
  fall, drop, come down
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
畑
  lake
  warm
  metropolis, capital
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
階
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
  slope, incline, hill
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
流
  play
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
  center, middle
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
品
  flavor, taste
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  period, time, date, term
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
住
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  trip, travel


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)