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
乗
  relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
  world
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
研
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  polish, study of, sharpen
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  Sino-, China
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
様
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  ocean, western style
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
談
  old boy, name-suffix
  courtyard, garden, yard
  discuss, talk
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
転
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  revolve, turn around, change
  lake
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
章
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  blood
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
薬
  someone, person
  gods, mind, soul
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
列
  anti-
  file, row, rank, tier, column
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  determine, fix, establish, decide
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
島
  world
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  island
  relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
短
  harbor
  short, brevity, fault, defect, weak point
  Sino-, China
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan


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)