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
荷
  waves, billows, Poland
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  beans, pea, midget
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
向
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
歯
  tooth, cog
  notebook, account book, album
  use
  station
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
期
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  period, time, date, term
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
感
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  charcoal, coal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
皿
  reality, truth
  path, route, road, distance
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  dish, a helping, plate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
問
  ascend, climb up
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  question, ask, problem
  oil, fat
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
君
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  old boy, name-suffix
  double, twice, times, fold
  state, province
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
豆
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  courtyard, garden, yard
  beans, pea, midget
  waves, billows, Poland
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
葉
  beach
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint


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)