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
待
  end, finish
  plant
  wait, depend on
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
研
  place
  polish, study of, sharpen
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
州
  state, province
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  other, another, the others
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
温
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  ward, district
  warm
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
部
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  next, order, sequence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
詩
  open, unfold, unseal
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  world
  poem, poetry
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
写
  period, time, date, term
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  copy, be photographed, describe
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
苦
  old boy, name-suffix
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  gods, mind, soul
  path, route, road, distance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
品
  plant
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
  end, finish
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
曲
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  island
  place


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)