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
取
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  take, fetch, take up
  tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
旅
  commence, begin
  trip, travel
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
流
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
  wherefore, a reason
  end, finish
  tooth, cog
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
倍
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  place
  double, twice, times, fold
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
代
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel
  substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, generation, charge, rate, fee
  escort, send
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
岸
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  relax, cheap, low, quiet, rested, contented, peaceful
  beach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
悪
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  lake
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
係
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  other, another, the others
  research, study
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
調
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  exertion
  tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
負
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  commence, begin


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)