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
根
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
返
  poem, poetry
  return, answer, fade, repay
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  tooth, cog
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
世
  generation, world, society, public
  lake
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  cold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
式
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  shining, bright
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
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5
第
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  No., residence
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
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6
都
  path, route, road, distance
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  metropolis, capital
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7
研
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
  polish, study of, sharpen
  learn
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
面
  blood
  mask, face, features, surface
  end, finish
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
荷
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  open, unfold, unseal
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
消
  slope, incline, hill
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  tooth, cog
  poem, poetry


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)