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
速
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  quick, fast
  hold, have
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
2
意
  learn
  idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
  island
  poem, poetry
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
3
部
  section, bureau, dept, class, copy, part, portion, counter for copies of a newspaper or magazine
  bridge
  rouse, wake up, get up
  surface, table, chart, diagram
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
4
荷
  charcoal, coal
  pour, irrigate, shed (tears), flow into, concentrate on, notes, comment, annotate
  baggage, shoulder-pole load, bear (a burden), shoulder (a gun), load, cargo, freight
  guard, protect, defend, obey
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
5
級
  escort, send
  even, flat, peace
  class, rank, grade
  guest, visitor, customer, client
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
6
港
  storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
  ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join
  harmony, Japanese style, peace, soften, Japan
  harbor
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
7
進
  tribe, family
  building, mansion, large building, palace
  advance, proceed, progress, promote
  iron
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
8
委
  old boy, name-suffix
  committee, entrust to, leave to, devote, discard
  bend, music, melody, composition, pleasure, injustice, fault, curve, crooked, perverse, lean
  finger, point to, indicate, put into, play (chess), measure (ruler)
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
9
持
  inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
  chase, drive away, follow, pursue, meanwhile
  hold, have
  person in charge, connection, duty, concern oneself
 Japanese KanjiSelect English Meaning
10
島
  ill, sick
  island
  poem, poetry
  learn


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)