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
遊
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  waves, billows, Poland
  play
  wait, depend on
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
路
  determine, fix, establish, decide
  path, route, road, distance
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
消
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  nose, snout
  double, twice, times, fold
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
代
  trip, travel
  slope, incline, hill
  substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
皿
  hot water, bath, hot spring
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  dish, a helping, plate
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
委
  cold
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
助
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
  help, rescue, assist
  green
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
根
  discuss, talk
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  use
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
待
  waves, billows, Poland
  ascend, climb up
  wait, depend on
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
真
  thing, object, matter
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
  determine, fix, establish, decide


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)