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
曲
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  beforehand, previous, myself, I
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
荷
  harbor
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  even, flat, peace
  tribe, family
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
温
  warm
  old boy, name-suffix
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
終
  play
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  end, finish
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
宿
  iron
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  guest, visitor, customer, client
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
始
  attend, doing, official, serve
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  gods, mind, soul
  commence, begin
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
反
  hot water, bath, hot spring
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  anti-
  sunshine, yang principle, positive, male, heaven, daytime
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
礼
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  exertion
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
予
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
  escort, send
  beforehand, previous, myself, I
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
平
  pick up, gather, find, go on foot, ten
  even, flat, peace
  tribe, family
  harbor


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)