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
曲
  swim
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
急
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  prefecture
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
育
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  commence, begin
  concept, think, idea, thought
  poem, poetry
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
対
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
羊
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  sheep
  No., residence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
係
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  nose, snout
  second (1/60 minute)
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
根
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  flavor, taste
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
登
  tooth, cog
  ascend, climb up
  dish, a helping, plate
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
葉
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  swim
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
県
  bridge
  prefecture
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong


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)