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
荷
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
  reality, truth
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
柱
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  place
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
打
  strike, hit, knock, pound, dozen
  exertion
  matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
悲
  tune, tone, meter, key (music), writing style, prepare, exorcise, investigate
  degrees, occurrence, time, counter for occurrences
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
係
  generation, world, society, public
  ocean, western style
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  anti-
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
表
  wait, depend on
  hot water, bath, hot spring
  farm, field, garden, one's specialty, (kokuji)
  surface, table, chart, diagram
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
温
  heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
  escort, send
  warm
  take, fetch, take up
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
根
  ward, district
  root, radical, head (pimple)
  green
  employee, member, number, the one in charge
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
昔
  reality, truth
  courtyard, garden, yard
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  style, ceremony, rite, function, method, system, form, expression
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
所
  class, rank, grade
  place
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate


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)