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
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  green
  substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
  escort, send
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  plant
  ocean, western style
  Sino-, China
  wherefore, a reason
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  beauty, beautiful
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
  commence, begin
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  quick, fast
  attend, doing, official, serve
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  old boy, name-suffix
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  flavor, taste
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  business, vocation, arts, performance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  No., residence
  silver
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  center, middle
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  learn
  end, finish
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  green
  sake, alcohol
  escort, send
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  Sino-, China
  wherefore, a reason
  plant


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)