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
庫
  prefecture
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  warehouse, storehouse
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
暗
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  beach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
具
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance
  ball, sphere
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
息
  decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
  hot water, bath, hot spring
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  agriculture, farmers
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
向
  shining, bright
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  discharge, departure, publish, emit, start from, disclose
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
勝
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  learn
  double, twice, times, fold
  victory, win, prevail, excel
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
申
  attend, doing, official, serve
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  have the honor to, sign of the monkey, 3-5PM, ninth sign of Chinese zodiac
  even, flat, peace
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
死
  defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
  death, die
  ocean, western style
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
受
  lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
  suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
  prefecture
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
打
  return, answer, fade, repay
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  beach
  true, reality, Buddhist sect


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)