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
界
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  world
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
集
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  concept, think, idea, thought
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
対
  vis-a-vis, opposite, even, equal, versus, anti-, compare
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  generation, world, society, public
  escort, send
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
開
  wherefore, a reason
  beforehand, previous, myself, I
  open, unfold, unseal
  green
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
放
  beauty, beautiful
  bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
  set free, release, fire, shoot, emit, banish, liberate
  thing, object, matter
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
氷
  return, answer, fade, repay
  inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
  take, fetch, take up
  icicle, ice, hail, freeze, congeal
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
商
  victory, win, prevail, excel
  attend, doing, official, serve
  make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
  accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
笛
  fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
  flute, clarinet, pipe, whistle, bagpipe, piccolo
  double, twice, times, fold
  ocean, western style
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
福
  breath, respiration, son, interest (on money)
  gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
  blessing, fortune, luck, wealth
  once upon a time, antiquity, old times
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
役
  change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
  duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
  concept, think, idea, thought
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan


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)