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
暑
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  next, order, sequence
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  play
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
港
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
  harbor
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
和
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  open, unfold, unseal
  wait, depend on
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
湖
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  lake
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
有
  poem, poetry
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
暗
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  world
  plant
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
豆
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  other, another, the others
  beans, pea, midget
  center, middle
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
旅
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  trip, travel
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
遊
  next, order, sequence
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  play
  building, mansion, large building, palace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
悲
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences


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)