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
品
  rouse, wake up, get up
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  wherefore, a reason
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2
定
  ward, district
  determine, fix, establish, decide
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
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3
漢
  Sino-, China
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  gods, mind, soul
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
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4
箱
  waves, billows, Poland
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
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5
運
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
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6
飲
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  drink, smoke, take
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
悪
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  question, ask, problem
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8
投
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  center, middle
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
由
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  juvenile, child
  wherefore, a reason
  rouse, wake up, get up
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10
屋
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  ward, district


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)