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
向
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  bridge
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
真
  metropolis, capital
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
宿
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  anti-
  notebook, account book, album
  someone, person
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
仕
  gods, mind, soul
  relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
  attend, doing, official, serve
  business, vocation, arts, performance
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
油
  ascend, climb up
  No., residence
  oil, fat
  help, rescue, assist
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
具
  agriculture, farmers
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
秒
  use
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  second (1/60 minute)
  slope, incline, hill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
面
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  mask, face, features, surface
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
着
  bridge
  ball, sphere
  don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
曲
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  metropolis, capital


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)