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
究
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  research, study
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
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2
炭
  polish, study of, sharpen
  charcoal, coal
  world
  double, twice, times, fold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
羊
  sheep
  prefecture
  escort, send
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
路
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  generation, world, society, public
  path, route, road, distance
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
式
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
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6
級
  mask, face, features, surface
  poem, poetry
  death, die
  class, rank, grade
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7
岸
  drink, smoke, take
  play
  beach
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
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8
駅
  lake
  station
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
悲
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
界
  tooth, cog
  world
  double, twice, times, fold
  polish, study of, sharpen


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)