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
皮
  green
  ocean, western style
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
起
  ball, sphere
  rouse, wake up, get up
  anti-
  fall, drop, come down
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
福
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  take, fetch, take up
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
係
  hold, have
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  class, rank, grade
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
院
  plant
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
柱
  harbor
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
県
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
  other, another, the others
  prefecture
  return, answer, fade, repay
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
岸
  shining, bright
  beach
  ward, district
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
向
  ocean, western style
  Sino-, China
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  green
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
反
  wherefore, a reason
  anti-
  fall, drop, come down
  ball, sphere


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)