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
館
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
始
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  commence, begin
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  thing, object, matter
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
銀
  silver
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
表
  help, rescue, assist
  swim
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  warm
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
県
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  prefecture
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
味
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  sake, alcohol
  flavor, taste
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
植
  question, ask, problem
  copy, be photographed, describe
  plant
  drink, smoke, take
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
息
  shining, bright
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
  fall, drop, come down
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
深
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
  use
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
荷
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  thing, object, matter
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school


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)