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
球
  open, unfold, unseal
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  ball, sphere
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
族
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  tribe, family
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
緑
  green
  courtyard, garden, yard
  etc., and so forth, class (first), quality, equal, similar
  determine, fix, establish, decide
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
笛
  shining, bright
  medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  double, twice, times, fold
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
真
  mask, face, features, surface
  beach
  true, reality, Buddhist sect
  yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
炭
  second (1/60 minute)
  ascend, climb up
  Sino-, China
  charcoal, coal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
化
  pillar, post, cylinder, support
  pelt, skin, hide, leather
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  jail cell, grieve, sad, deplore, regret
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
写
  hold, have
  copy, be photographed, describe
  ritual, offer prayers, celebrate, deify, enshrine, worship
  revolve, turn around, change
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
息
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  hurry, emergency, sudden, steep
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  open, unfold, unseal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
具
  nickname, number, item, title, pseudonym, name, call
  tool, utensil, means, possess, ingredients, counter for armor, suits, sets of furniture
  street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign
  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)