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
役
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
反
  reality, truth
  anti-
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
転
  revolve, turn around, change
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
習
  even, flat, peace
  cold
  learn
  Sino-, China
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
世
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  generation, world, society, public
  shining, bright
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
美
  bring up, grow up, raise, rear
  double, twice, times, fold
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  beauty, beautiful
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
荷
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  sheep
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
岸
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  beach
  station
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
悪
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  juvenile, child
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
相
  rouse, wake up, get up
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  reality, truth


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)