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
開
  play
  thing, object, matter
  open, unfold, unseal
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
写
  commence, begin
  copy, be photographed, describe
  second (1/60 minute)
  waves, billows, Poland
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
命
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  poem, poetry
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
表
  state, province
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  warehouse, storehouse
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
集
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
  gods, mind, soul
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
部
  anti-
  trip, travel
  No., residence
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
院
  wait, depend on
  island
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
持
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  hold, have
  place
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
曲
  thing, object, matter
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  play
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
秒
  ascend, climb up
  second (1/60 minute)
  waves, billows, Poland
  commence, begin


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)