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
箱
  mask, face, features, surface
  lake
  box, chest, case, bin, railway car
  concept, think, idea, thought
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
薬
  play
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  flavor, taste
  building, mansion, large building, palace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
和
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  beans, pea, midget
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
皮
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  class, rank, grade
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
  island
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
登
  poem, poetry
  hold, have
  ascend, climb up
  possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
死
  courtyard, garden, yard
  wait, depend on
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  death, die
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
重
  drink, smoke, take
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
練
  plant
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  emotion, feeling, sensation
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
想
  lake
  iron
  concept, think, idea, thought
  mask, face, features, surface
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
味
  guard, protect, defend, obey
  flavor, taste
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  play


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)