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
昭
  second (1/60 minute)
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  shining, bright
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
期
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  period, time, date, term
  use
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
県
  prefecture
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  wait, depend on
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
曲
  nose, snout
  ball, sphere
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
根
  commence, begin
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  exertion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
第
  relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  help, rescue, assist
  No., residence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
相
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  drink, smoke, take
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  quick, fast
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
打
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  death, die
  sheep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
章
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  second (1/60 minute)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
使
  beauty, beautiful
  use
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake


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)