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
部
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  beans, pea, midget
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
対
  waves, billows, Poland
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
  metropolis, capital
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
期
  period, time, date, term
  harbor
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  class, rank, grade
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
苦
  cold
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
章
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  No., residence
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
礼
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  help, rescue, assist
  hold, have
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
階
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  world
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
宮
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
  juvenile, child
  happiness, blessing, fortune
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
豆
  organize, arranging, tune, tone, meter, key (music)
  question, ask, problem
  beans, pea, midget
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
流
  topic, subject
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
  metropolis, capital
  waves, billows, Poland


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)