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
係
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  rouse, wake up, get up
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  end, finish
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2
所
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  place
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  center, middle
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3
悪
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  exertion
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
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4
駅
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  other, another, the others
  station
  copy, be photographed, describe
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5
着
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  class, rank, grade
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
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6
湯
  thing, object, matter
  ascend, climb up
  open, unfold, unseal
  hot water, bath, hot spring
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7
幸
  cold
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
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8
漢
  charcoal, coal
  Sino-, China
  escort, send
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
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9
終
  rouse, wake up, get up
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  end, finish
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
決
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  center, middle
  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)