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
商
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
起
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  rouse, wake up, get up
  wait, depend on
  happiness, blessing, fortune
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
級
  class, rank, grade
  charcoal, coal
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
港
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
  use
  harbor
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
波
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  other, another, the others
  waves, billows, Poland
  escort, send
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
想
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  reality, truth
  beauty, beautiful
  concept, think, idea, thought
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
問
  period, time, date, term
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  question, ask, problem
  hold, have
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
寒
  trip, travel
  cold
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
具
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  prefecture
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
待
  dish, a helping, plate
  wait, depend on
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)


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)