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
向
  sake, alcohol
  dish, a helping, plate
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
感
  escort, send
  emotion, feeling, sensation
  fall, drop, come down
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
病
  ill, sick
  cold
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
礼
  commence, begin
  gods, mind, soul
  salute, bow, ceremony, thanks, remuneration
  practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
美
  Shinto shrine, constellations, palace, princess
  charcoal, coal
  beauty, beautiful
  wait, depend on
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
歯
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  tooth, cog
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
鼻
  concept, think, idea, thought
  double, twice, times, fold
  nose, snout
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
両
  swim
  both, old Japanese coin, counter for vehicles, two
  writing brush, writing, painting brush, handwriting
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
薬
  dish, a helping, plate
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  sake, alcohol
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
落
  surface, table, chart, diagram
  fall, drop, come down
  throw, discard, abandon, launch into, join, invest in, hurl, give up, sell at a loss
  escort, send


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)