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
世
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  generation, world, society, public
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
級
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  class, rank, grade
  ocean, western style
  guest, visitor, customer, client
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
化
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  metropolis, capital
  swim
  copy, be photographed, describe
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
育
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
帳
  flavor, taste
  gods, mind, soul
  notebook, account book, album
  iron
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
負
  cold
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  fall, drop, come down
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
集
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  concept, think, idea, thought
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
悲
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
息
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  warehouse, storehouse
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
洋
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
  ocean, western style
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep


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)