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
薬
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  iron
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  world
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
員
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
  gods, mind, soul
  commence, begin
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
章
  badge, chapter, composition, poem, design
  reality, truth
  sultry, hot, summer heat
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
命
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  beauty, beautiful
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
洋
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  ocean, western style
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
次
  fall, drop, come down
  clothing, admit, obey, discharge
  dish, a helping, plate
  next, order, sequence
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
仕
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  attend, doing, official, serve
  sideways, side, horizontal, width, woof
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
様
  plant
  Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  Inst., institution, temple, mansion, school
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
界
  iron
  oil, fat
  world
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
神
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  gods, mind, soul
  commence, begin
  advance, proceed, progress, promote


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)