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
主
  island
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  plant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
投
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  root, radical, head (pimple)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
世
  generation, world, society, public
  flavor, taste
  both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
区
  wherefore, a reason
  sake, alcohol
  ward, district
  courtyard, garden, yard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
商
  shining, bright
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  beach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
寒
  wait, depend on
  rouse, wake up, get up
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  cold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
開
  old boy, name-suffix
  move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake
  open, unfold, unseal
  plank, board, plate, stage
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
重
  place
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
  thing, object, matter
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
植
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  No., residence
  plant
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
章
  agriculture, farmers
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment


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)