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
相
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  someone, person
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  quick, fast
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
受
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
  return, answer, fade, repay
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
守
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  wait, depend on
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
談
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  oil, fat
  discuss, talk
  prefecture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
主
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  plant
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
荷
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  poem, poetry
  swim
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
仕
  use
  reality, truth
  attend, doing, official, serve
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
代
  determine, fix, establish, decide
  substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
速
  someone, person
  waves, billows, Poland
  quick, fast
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
返
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  return, answer, fade, repay
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel


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)