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
庫
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  generation, world, society, public
  warehouse, storehouse
  second (1/60 minute)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
坂
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  slope, incline, hill
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  period, time, date, term
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
有
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  play
  hot water, bath, hot spring
  quick, fast
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
打
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  poem, poetry
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
味
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  ascend, climb up
  flavor, taste
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
具
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
次
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  next, order, sequence
  double, twice, times, fold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
宿
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
秒
  generation, world, society, public
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  second (1/60 minute)
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
曲
  lake
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  period, time, date, term
  happiness, blessing, fortune


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)