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
階
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  commence, begin
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
宿
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  beans, pea, midget
  plant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
動
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  sultry, hot, summer heat
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
医
  plank, board, plate, stage
  anti-
  doctor, medicine
  prefecture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
着
  iron
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
深
  metropolis, capital
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
打
  slope, incline, hill
  revolve, turn around, change
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
送
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  escort, send
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
  death, die
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
始
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  courtyard, garden, yard
  commence, begin
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
豆
  beauty, beautiful
  beans, pea, midget
  plant
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo


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)