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
短
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  reality, truth
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
血
  waves, billows, Poland
  blood
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  quick, fast
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
階
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  commence, begin
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
丁
  charcoal, coal
  help, rescue, assist
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
習
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  learn
  other, another, the others
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
箱
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  prefecture
  courtyard, garden, yard
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
息
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  iron
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
具
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  state, province
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
屋
  reality, truth
  gods, mind, soul
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
式
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  quick, fast
  waves, billows, Poland


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)