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
柱
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  business, vocation, arts, performance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
想
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  concept, think, idea, thought
  metropolis, capital
  cold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
農
  agriculture, farmers
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  second (1/60 minute)
  sultry, hot, summer heat
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
童
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  juvenile, child
  charcoal, coal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
板
  tribe, family
  harbor
  plank, board, plate, stage
  learn
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
波
  distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  shining, bright
  waves, billows, Poland
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
返
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  return, answer, fade, repay
  Sino-, China
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
転
  wait, depend on
  revolve, turn around, change
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  help, rescue, assist
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
業
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
都
  beans, pea, midget
  metropolis, capital
  cold
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce


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)