Ultra Handy Kanji Tester - Grade 3

Test your knowledge of the Kanji characters that Japanese children learn in grade 3 of elementary school
Random monster

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
対
  blood
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  Sino-, China
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
詩
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  poem, poetry
  concept, think, idea, thought
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
持
  hold, have
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  center, middle
  victory, win, prevail, excel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
登
  shining, bright
  help, rescue, assist
  ascend, climb up
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
根
  rouse, wake up, get up
  beach
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  surface, table, chart, diagram
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
様
  dish, a helping, plate
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  learn
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
勉
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  reality, truth
  exertion
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
守
  state, province
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
漢
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  thing, object, matter
  Sino-, China
  blood
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
想
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  concept, think, idea, thought
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth


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)