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
  reality, truth
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  guard, protect, defend, obey
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
投
  doctor, medicine
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
  escort, send
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
区
  ward, district
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  iron
  root, radical, head (pimple)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
究
  bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
  No., residence
  research, study
  slope, incline, hill
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
勉
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  deep, heighten, intensify, strengthen
  exertion
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
温
  leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  warm
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
炭
  oil, fat
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  charcoal, coal
  lightly, trifling, unimportant
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
住
  take, fetch, take up
  dwell, reside, live, inhabit
  distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
守
  business, vocation, arts, performance
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  reality, truth
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
等
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
  escort, send
  doctor, medicine


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)