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
央
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  center, middle
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
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2
写
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  copy, be photographed, describe
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
  ill, sick
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
代
  substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
  beforehand, previous, myself, I
  shining, bright
  ascend, climb up
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4
農
  whole, entire, all, complete, fulfill
  drink, smoke, take
  agriculture, farmers
  doctor, medicine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
持
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  even, flat, peace
  hold, have
  plant
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6
使
  guest, visitor, customer, client
  lake
  poem, poetry
  use
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7
重
  quick, fast
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  learn
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
昔
  warm
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
化
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  ward, district
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  root, radical, head (pimple)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
横
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
  ill, sick
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join


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)