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
号
  nose, snout
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  swim
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
路
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  path, route, road, distance
  warm
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
安
  relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  generation, world, society, public
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
柱
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
消
  world
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
返
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  question, ask, problem
  return, answer, fade, repay
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
指
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  discuss, talk
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
深
  pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  death, die
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
泳
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  swim
  nose, snout
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
温
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  warm
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship


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)