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
薬
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
主
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  return, answer, fade, repay
  quick, fast
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
談
  discuss, talk
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  prefecture
  tooth, cog
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
深
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  sheep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
息
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
  polish, study of, sharpen
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
追
  charcoal, coal
  reality, truth
  class, rank, grade
  chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
島
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  island
  fall, drop, come down
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
持
  pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
  hold, have
  plant
  warehouse, storehouse
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
部
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  file, row, rank, tier, column
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
返
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  return, answer, fade, repay
  quick, fast
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear


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)