HSK (Hànyǔ Shuǐpíng Kǎoshì; 汉语水平考试), translated as Chinese Proficiency Test or Chinese Standard Exam, is China's standardized exam for non-native speakers that tests and rates Chinese language proficiency.
The test consists of 6 levels and list of words that need to be known is provided for each level. No character lists are provided separately, therefore the characters presented on this page were derived from these word lists.
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Please be aware that the character lists for HSK levels provided on this website are not cumulative (contain only new characters). Therefore if you for example prepare for HSK level 4, you should not only learn the characters for level 4, but also for previous levels (1, 2 and 3).
174 characters
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Pinyin | Definition | Radical | Stroke count | HSK level | General Standard# | Frequency rank | |
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的 | de | possessive, adjectival suffix | 白 106.3 | 8 | 1 | 1155 | 1 |
一 | yī | one; a, an; alone | 一 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0001 | 2 |
是 | shì | indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | 日 72.5 | 9 | 1 | 1479 | 3 |
不 | bù | no, not; un-; negative prefix | 一 1.3 | 4 | 1 | 0091 | 4 |
了 | le | to finish; particle of completed action | 亅 6.1 | 2 | 1 | 0017 | 5 |
在 | zài | be at, in, on; consist in, rest | 土 32.3 | 6 | 1 | 0388 | 6 |
人 | rén | man; people; mankind; someone else | 人 9.0 | 2 | 1 | 0010 | 7 |
有 | yǒu | have, own, possess; exist | 月 74.2 | 6 | 1 | 0390 | 8 |
我 | wǒ | our, us, i, me, my, we | 戈 62.3 | 7 | 1 | 0761 | 9 |
他 | tā | other, another; he, she, it | 人 9.3 | 5 | 1 | 0277 | 10 |
这 | zhè | this, the, here | 辵 162.4 | 7 | 1 | 0837 | 11 |
个 | gè | numerary adjunct, piece; single | 丨 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 0045 | 12 |
们 | men | adjunct pronoun indicate plural | 人 9.3 | 5 | 1 | 0273 | 13 |
中 | zhōng | central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain | 丨 2.3 | 4 | 1 | 0113 | 14 |
来 | lái | come, coming; return, returning | 木 75.3 | 7 | 1 | 0707 | 15 |
上 | shàng | top; superior, highest; go up, send up | 一 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0036 | 16 |
大 | dà | big, great, vast, large, high | 大 37.0 | 3 | 1 | 0032 | 17 |
和 | hé | harmony, peace; peaceful, calm | 口 30.5 | 8 | 1 | 1131 | 19 |
国 | guó | nation, country, nation-state | 囗 31.5 | 8 | 1 | 1081 | 20 |
说 | shuō | speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid | 言 149.7 | 9 | 1 | 1717 | 24 |
时 | shí | time, season; era, age, period | 日 72.3 | 7 | 1 | 0717 | 25 |
出 | chū | go out, send out; stand; produce | 凵 17.3 | 5 | 1 | 0330 | 28 |
会 | huì | assemble, meet together; meeting | 人 9.4 | 6 | 1 | 0486 | 29 |
你 | nǐ | you, second person pronoun | 人 9.5 | 7 | 1 | 0782 | 32 |
对 | duì | correct, right; facing, opposed | 寸 41.2 | 5 | 1 | 0341 | 33 |
生 | shēng | life, living, lifetime; birth | 生 100.0 | 5 | 1 | 0263 | 34 |
能 | néng | to be able; can, permitted to; ability | 肉 130.6 | 10 | 1 | 2146 | 35 |
子 | zi | offspring, child; fruit, seed of; 1st terrestrial branch | 子 39.0 | 3 | 1 | 0064 | 37 |
那 | nà | that, that one, those | 邑 163.4 | 6 | 1 | 0564 | 38 |
下 | xià | under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down | 一 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0030 | 42 |
年 | nián | 干 51.3 | 6 | 1 | 0444 | 45 | |
后 | hòu | queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after | 口 30.3 | 6 | 1 | 0482 | 48 |
作 | zuò | make; work; compose, write; act, perform | 人 9.5 | 7 | 1 | 0777 | 49 |
里 | lǐ | unit of distance; village; lane | 里 166.0 | 7 | 1 | 0721 | 50 |
家 | jiā | house, home, residence; family | 宀 40.7 | 10 | 1 | 2099 | 56 |
多 | duō | much, many; more than, over | 夕 36.3 | 6 | 1 | 0507 | 61 |
么 | me | interrogative particle; repetition of a tune small; tender | 丿 4.2 | 3 | 1 | 0048 | 63 |
去 | qù | go away, leave, depart | 厶 28.3 | 5 | 1 | 0204 | 64 |
学 | xué | learning, knowledge; school | 子 39.5 | 8 | 1 | 1273 | 66 |
都 | dōu | metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined | 邑 163.9 | 10 | 1 | 1801 | 68 |
同 | tóng | same, similar; together with | 口 30.3 | 6 | 1 | 0427 | 69 |
现 | xiàn | appear, manifest, become visible | 玉 96.4 | 8 | 1 | 0949 | 70 |
没 | méi | not, have not, none; drown, sink | 水 85.4 | 7 | 1 | 0867 | 72 |
面 | miàn | face; surface; plane; side, dimension | 面 176.0 | 9 | 1 | 1455 | 74 |
起 | qǐ | rise, stand up; go up; begin | 走 156.3 | 10 | 1 | 1789 | 75 |
看 | kàn | look, see; examine, scrutinize | 目 109.4 | 9 | 1 | 1539 | 76 |
天 | tiān | sky, heaven; god, celestial | 大 37.1 | 4 | 1 | 0078 | 78 |
分 | fēn | divide; small unit of time etc. | 刀 18.2 | 4 | 1 | 0146 | 79 |
好 | hǎo | good, excellent, fine; well | 女 38.3 | 6 | 1 | 0581 | 82 |
小 | xiǎo | small, tiny, insignificant | 小 42.0 | 3 | 1 | 0037 | 83 |
些 | xiē | little, few; rather, somewhat | 二 7.5 | 8 | 1 | 1069 | 86 |
样 | yàng | shape, form, pattern, style | 木 75.6 | 10 | 1 | 1849 | 88 |
她 | tā | she, her | 女 38.3 | 6 | 1 | 0582 | 91 |
本 | běn | root, origin, source; basis | 木 75.1 | 5 | 1 | 0210 | 92 |
前 | qián | in front, forward; preceding | 刀 18.7 | 9 | 1 | 1650 | 93 |
开 | kāi | open; initiate, begin, start | 廾 55.1 | 4 | 1 | 0076 | 94 |
想 | xiǎng | think, speculate, plan, consider | 心 61.9 | 13 | 1 | 2867 | 99 |
机 | jī | desk; machine; moment | 木 75.2 | 6 | 1 | 0377 | 111 |
十 | shí | ten, tenth; complete; perfect | 十 24.0 | 2 | 1 | 0004 | 112 |
工 | gōng | labor, work; worker, laborer | 工 48.0 | 3 | 1 | 0026 | 118 |
明 | míng | bright, light, brilliant; clear | 日 72.4 | 8 | 1 | 1087 | 121 |
三 | sān | three | 一 1.2 | 3 | 1 | 0022 | 125 |
关 | guān | frontier pass; close; relation | 八 12.4 | 6 | 1 | 0532 | 127 |
点 | diǎn | dot, speck, spot; point, degree | 火 86.5 | 9 | 1 | 1469 | 128 |
高 | gāo | high, tall; lofty, elevated | 高 189.0 | 10 | 1 | 2021 | 134 |
很 | hěn | very, quite, much | 彳 60.6 | 9 | 1 | 1584 | 138 |
见 | jiàn | see, observe, behold; perceive | 見 147.0 | 4 | 1 | 0118 | 153 |
什 | shén | file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous | 人 9.2 | 4 | 1 | 0129 | 156 |
二 | èr | two; twice | 二 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 0003 | 157 |
果 | guǒ | fruit; result | 木 75.4 | 8 | 1 | 1079 | 165 |
西 | xī | west(ern); westward, occident | 襾 146.0 | 6 | 1 | 0384 | 167 |
月 | yuè | moon; month; KangXi radical 74 | 月 74.0 | 4 | 1 | 0150 | 169 |
话 | huà | speech, talk, language; dialect | 言 149.6 | 8 | 1 | 1296 | 170 |
回 | huí | return, turn around; a time | 囗 31.3 | 6 | 1 | 0438 | 172 |
老 | lǎo | old, aged; experienced | 老 125.0 | 6 | 1 | 0360 | 179 |
先 | xiān | first, former, previous | 儿 10.4 | 6 | 1 | 0446 | 188 |
儿 | ér | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | 儿 10.0 | 2 | 1 | 0012 | 192 |
东 | dōng | east, eastern, eastward | 一 1.4 | 5 | 1 | 0225 | 194 |
水 | shuǐ | water, liquid, lotion, juice | 水 85.0 | 4 | 1 | 0117 | 202 |
名 | míng | name, rank, title, position | 口 30.3 | 6 | 1 | 0505 | 203 |
几 | jǐ | small table | 几 16.0 | 2 | 1 | 0014 | 211 |
认 | rèn | recognize, know, understand | 言 149.2 | 4 | 1 | 0171 | 213 |
系 | xì | system; line, link, connection | 糸 120.1 | 7 | 1 | 0825 | 216 |
气 | qì | steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 | 气 84.0 | 4 | 1 | 0122 | 217 |
打 | dǎ | strike, hit, beat; fight; attack | 手 64.2 | 5 | 1 | 0196 | 223 |
女 | nǚ | woman, girl; feminine; rad. 38 | 女 38.0 | 3 | 1 | 0067 | 224 |
四 | sì | four | 囗 31.2 | 5 | 1 | 0262 | 226 |
电 | diàn | electricity; electric; lightning | 曰 73.1 | 5 | 1 | 0242 | 230 |
少 | shǎo | few, less, inadequate | 小 42.1 | 4 | 1 | 0110 | 233 |
太 | tài | very, too, much; big; extreme | 大 37.1 | 4 | 1 | 0093 | 240 |
再 | zài | again, twice, re- | 冂 13.4 | 6 | 1 | 0382 | 242 |
做 | zuò | work, make; act | 人 9.9 | 11 | 1 | 2324 | 246 |
期 | qī | period of time; date; time limit | 月 74.8 | 12 | 1 | 2542 | 253 |
五 | wǔ | five; surname | 二 7.2 | 4 | 1 | 0088 | 279 |
书 | shū | book, letter, document; writings | 丨 2.3 | 4 | 1 | 0188 | 282 |
听 | tīng | hear; understand; obey, comply | 口 30.4 | 7 | 1 | 0739 | 285 |
住 | zhù | reside, live at, dwell, lodge; stop | 人 9.5 | 7 | 1 | 0783 | 309 |
北 | běi | north; northern; northward | 匕 21.3 | 5 | 1 | 0227 | 315 |
觉 | jué | to wake up from sleep; conscious | 見 147.5 | 9 | 1 | 1694 | 327 |
师 | shī | teacher, master, specialist | 巾 50.3 | 6 | 1 | 0413 | 333 |
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HSK level - whether character appears on the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (Chinese Proficiency Test) word list and on what level.
General Standard# - index number in the Table of General Standard Chinese Characters.
Frequency rank - based on Jun Da's Modern Chinese Character Frequency List.
This website combine data from several databases (notably: Unihan, CC-CEDICT). Please be aware that some information presented may be incorrect, especially for very rare Chinese characters. We take no responsibility for incorrect data, though we constantly try to make the website as accurate as possible.
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