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
湯
  beauty, beautiful
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
  hot water, bath, hot spring
  prefecture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
炭
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  charcoal, coal
  world
  revolve, turn around, change
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
倍
  double, twice, times, fold
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  beans, pea, midget
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
消
  bridge
  shining, bright
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
詩
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
  sake, alcohol
  poem, poetry
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
期
  play
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  period, time, date, term
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
葉
  ocean, western style
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
持
  research, study
  hold, have
  slope, incline, hill
  warm
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
県
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
  swim
  prefecture
  beauty, beautiful
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
界
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  world
  revolve, turn around, change
  root, radical, head (pimple)


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)