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
  rouse, wake up, get up
  gods, mind, soul
  island
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  research, study
  lake
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  path, route, road, distance
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  green
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
  warehouse, storehouse
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
  plant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  wait, depend on
  thing, object, matter
  waves, billows, Poland
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
  dish, a helping, plate
  doctor, medicine
  business, vocation, arts, performance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  copy, be photographed, describe
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
  harbor
  help, rescue, assist
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  gods, mind, soul
  metropolis, capital
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  rouse, wake up, get up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  death, die
  research, study
  lake
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx


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)