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
流
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  current, a sink, flow, forfeit
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
予
  green
  beforehand, previous, myself, I
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  hold, have
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
由
  wherefore, a reason
  ocean, western style
  station
  ball, sphere
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
祭
  flavor, taste
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  warehouse, storehouse
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
軽
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  victory, win, prevail, excel
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  courtyard, garden, yard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
転
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
  commence, begin
  revolve, turn around, change
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
研
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  polish, study of, sharpen
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
商
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  concept, think, idea, thought
  tribe, family
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
荷
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
筆
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  hold, have
  green


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)