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
発
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  other, another, the others
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  rouse, wake up, get up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
深
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  silver
  exertion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
悪
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  sheep
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
  Sino-, China
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
緑
  blood
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  green
  notebook, account book, album
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
薬
  waves, billows, Poland
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
急
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  someone, person
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
期
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
  revolve, turn around, change
  period, time, date, term
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
着
  station
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
起
  other, another, the others
  prefecture
  rouse, wake up, get up
  root, radical, head (pimple)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
銀
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  silver
  exertion
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal


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)