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
拾
  concept, think, idea, thought
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  slope, incline, hill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
住
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  beach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
央
  center, middle
  happiness, blessing, fortune
  oil, fat
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
局
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
  end, finish
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
飲
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
  drink, smoke, take
  sheep
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
究
  ocean, western style
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  research, study
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
定
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
  determine, fix, establish, decide
  harbor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
鉄
  discuss, talk
  iron
  death, die
  Sino-, China
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
坂
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  slope, incline, hill
  concept, think, idea, thought
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
表
  class, rank, grade
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  beach
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call


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)