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
送
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  escort, send
  beach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
起
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  rouse, wake up, get up
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
荷
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  courtyard, garden, yard
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
  anti-
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
役
  even, flat, peace
  pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  metropolis, capital
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
式
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  station
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
君
  notebook, account book, album
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  ocean, western style
  old boy, name-suffix
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
転
  victory, win, prevail, excel
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  revolve, turn around, change
  doctor, medicine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
泳
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  swim
  dish, a helping, plate
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
岸
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  hold, have
  beach
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
暑
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen


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)