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
央
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
  center, middle
  victory, win, prevail, excel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
屋
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
打
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  ascend, climb up
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
泳
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  swim
  second (1/60 minute)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
筆
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  death, die
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
味
  anti-
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  use
  flavor, taste
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
問
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  commence, begin
  question, ask, problem
  hot water, bath, hot spring
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
拾
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
勝
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  victory, win, prevail, excel
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
放
  other, another, the others
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)


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)