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
皿
  exertion
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  dish, a helping, plate
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
実
  quick, fast
  reality, truth
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
  use
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
号
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
事
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  class, rank, grade
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
着
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  harbor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
整
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
荷
  open, unfold, unseal
  poem, poetry
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  emotion, feeling, sensation
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
氷
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  No., residence
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
苦
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  exertion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
礼
  tribe, family
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
  use
  quick, fast


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)