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
列
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
荷
  old boy, name-suffix
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  beans, pea, midget
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
幸
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  reality, truth
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
有
  ill, sick
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
  copy, be photographed, describe
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
服
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
  prefecture
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
  slope, incline, hill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
対
  chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
  both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
炭
  learn
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  charcoal, coal
  drink, smoke, take
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
定
  polish, study of, sharpen
  determine, fix, establish, decide
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
命
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  roof, house, shop, dealer, seller
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
豆
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  beans, pea, midget
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
  old boy, name-suffix


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)