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
県
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  silver
  prefecture
  ball, sphere
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
急
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  poem, poetry
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
植
  plant
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
予
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  beforehand, previous, myself, I
  copy, be photographed, describe
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
号
  even, flat, peace
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  use
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
開
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  open, unfold, unseal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
泳
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  place
  swim
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
主
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  sake, alcohol
  slope, incline, hill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
球
  silver
  tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
  ball, sphere
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
命
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  poem, poetry
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing


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)