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
  beans, pea, midget
  warehouse, storehouse
  Sino-, China
  charcoal, coal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  sheep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
  ill, sick
  tribe, family
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
  swim
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two
  harbor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
  ball, sphere
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  determine, fix, establish, decide
  sake, alcohol
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
  metropolis, capital
  use
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  drink, smoke, take
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
  lake
  polish, study of, sharpen
  silver
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  No., residence
  even, flat, peace
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
  warehouse, storehouse
  question, ask, problem
  charcoal, coal
  beans, pea, midget
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
  notebook, account book, album
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  sheep
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car


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)