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).
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Pinyin | Definition | Radical | Stroke count | HSK level | General Standard# | Frequency rank | |
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讯 | xùn | inquire; ask; examine; reproach | 言 149.3 | 5 | 6 | 0322 | 1238 |
涉 | shè | ford stream, wade across | 水 85.7 | 10 | 6 | 2070 | 1239 |
刊 | kān | publication, periodical; publish | 刀 18.3 | 5 | 6 | 0191 | 1241 |
爆 | bào | crackle, pop, burst, explode | 火 86.15 | 19 | 6 | 3471 | 1243 |
乌 | wū | crow, rook, raven; black, dark | 丿 4.3 | 4 | 6 | 0157 | 1244 |
役 | yì | service; a servant, laborer; to serve | 彳 60.4 | 7 | 6 | 0793 | 1245 |
患 | huàn | suffer, worry about; suffering | 心 61.7 | 11 | 6 | 2285 | 1249 |
仙 | xiān | Taoist super-being, transcendent, immortal | 人 9.3 | 5 | 6 | 0272 | 1255 |
症 | zhèng | disease, illness, ailment | 疒 104.5 | 10 | 6 | 2026 | 1258 |
倾 | qīng | upset, pour out, overflow | 人 9.8 | 10 | 6 | 1959 | 1260 |
陷 | xiàn | submerge, sink, plunge; trap | 阜 170.8 | 10 | 6 | 2138 | 1262 |
轰 | hōng | rumble, explosion, blast | 車 159.4 | 8 | 6 | 1057 | 1264 |
撤 | chè | omit; remove; withdraw | 手 64.12 | 15 | 6 | 3203 | 1270 |
疾 | jí | illness, disease, sickness; to hate | 疒 104.5 | 10 | 6 | 2028 | 1273 |
缘 | yuán | hem, margin; reason, cause; fate | 糸 120.9 | 12 | 6 | 2824 | 1274 |
杜 | dù | stop, prevent; restrict; surname | 木 75.3 | 7 | 6 | 0680 | 1277 |
仪 | yí | ceremony, rites gifts; admire | 人 9.3 | 5 | 6 | 0274 | 1283 |
奔 | bēn | run fast, flee; rush about; run | 大 37.6 | 8 | 6 | 1049 | 1285 |
珠 | zhū | precious stone, gem, jewel, pearl | 玉 96.6 | 10 | 6 | 1773 | 1286 |
驻 | zhù | to be stationed at, reside at; to stop | 馬 187.5 | 8 | 6 | 1345 | 1288 |
孔 | kǒng | opening, hole, orifice; great | 子 39.1 | 4 | 6 | 0179 | 1289 |
翼 | yì | wings; fins on fish; shelter | 羽 124.12 | 17 | 6 | 3435 | 1294 |
叹 | tàn | sigh, admire | 口 30.2 | 5 | 6 | 0257 | 1299 |
愈 | yù | more and more, even more | 心 61.9 | 13 | 6 | 2966 | 1301 |
罢 | bà | cease, finish, stop; give up | 网 122.5 | 10 | 6 | 1918 | 1305 |
径 | jìng | narrow path; diameter; direct | 彳 60.5 | 8 | 6 | 1163 | 1307 |
恰 | qià | just, exactly, precisely; proper | 心 61.6 | 9 | 6 | 1690 | 1308 |
捕 | bǔ | arrest, catch, seize | 手 64.7 | 10 | 6 | 1783 | 1312 |
裂 | liè | split, crack, break open; rend | 衣 145.6 | 12 | 6 | 2595 | 1317 |
泰 | tài | great, exalted, superior; big | 水 85.5 | 10 | 6 | 1771 | 1318 |
尖 | jiān | sharp, pointed, acute, keen | 小 42.3 | 6 | 6 | 0415 | 1321 |
忠 | zhōng | loyalty, devotion, fidelity | 心 61.4 | 8 | 6 | 1094 | 1322 |
炎 | yán | flame, blaze; hot | 火 86.4 | 8 | 6 | 1237 | 1324 |
荒 | huāng | wasteland, desert; uncultivated | 艸 140.6 | 9 | 6 | 1412 | 1328 |
横 | héng | across | 木 75.11 | 15 | 6 | 3213 | 1330 |
孤 | gū | orphan, fatherless; solitary | 子 39.5 | 8 | 6 | 1319 | 1334 |
胞 | bāo | womb, placenta, fetal membrane | 肉 130.5 | 9 | 6 | 1595 | 1341 |
魂 | hún | soul, spirit | 鬼 194.4 | 13 | 6 | 2830 | 1348 |
洪 | hóng | vast, immense; flood, deluge | 水 85.6 | 9 | 6 | 1664 | 1350 |
津 | jīn | ferry; saliva; ford | 水 85.6 | 9 | 6 | 1683 | 1353 |
晓 | xiǎo | dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit | 日 72.6 | 10 | 6 | 1889 | 1357 |
仁 | rén | humaneness, benevolence, kindness | 人 9.2 | 4 | 6 | 0128 | 1360 |
贫 | pín | poor, impoverished, needy | 貝 154.4 | 8 | 6 | 1178 | 1359 |
赖 | lài | rely, depend on; accuse falsely | 貝 154.9 | 13 | 6 | 2872 | 1365 |
仰 | yǎng | raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire | 人 9.4 | 6 | 6 | 0473 | 1368 |
艇 | tǐng | small boat, dugout, punt | 舟 137.7 | 12 | 6 | 2706 | 1372 |
凶 | xiōng | culprit; murder; bad, sad | 凵 17.2 | 4 | 6 | 0145 | 1378 |
署 | shǔ | public office | 网 122.8 | 13 | 6 | 2930 | 1379 |
御 | yù | drive, ride; chariot; manage | 彳 60.8 | 12 | 6 | 2704 | 1381 |
奉 | fèng | offer; receive; serve; respect | 大 37.5 | 8 | 6 | 0943 | 1382 |
旋 | xuán | revolve, move in orbit; return | 方 70.7 | 11 | 6 | 2393 | 1383 |
晨 | chén | early morning, daybreak | 日 72.7 | 11 | 6 | 2260 | 1388 |
伏 | fú | crouch, crawl, lie hidden, conceal | 人 9.4 | 6 | 6 | 0460 | 1389 |
隆 | lóng | prosperous, plentiful, abundant | 阜 170.9 | 11 | 6 | 2479 | 1400 |
奴 | nú | slave, servant | 女 38.2 | 5 | 6 | 0333 | 1402 |
丧 | sàng | mourning; mourn; funeral | 十 24.6 | 8 | 6 | 1034 | 1404 |
渡 | dù | cross, ferry over; ferry | 水 85.9 | 12 | 6 | 2765 | 1406 |
旗 | qí | banner, flag, streamer | 方 70.10 | 14 | 6 | 3152 | 1407 |
甘 | gān | sweetness; sweet, tasty | 甘 99.0 | 5 | 6 | 0205 | 1408 |
扎 | zhā | pull up; pierce; struggle free | 手 64.1 | 4 | 6 | 0085 | 1411 |
梁 | liáng | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | 木 75.7 | 11 | 6 | 2436 | 1416 |
皆 | jiē | all, every, everybody | 白 106.4 | 9 | 6 | 1465 | 1419 |
宙 | zhòu | time as concept; infinite time | 宀 40.5 | 8 | 6 | 1280 | 1421 |
岩 | yán | cliff; rocks; mountain | 山 46.5 | 8 | 6 | 1106 | 1423 |
荡 | dàng | pond, pool; wash away, cleanse | 艸 140.7 | 9 | 6 | 1414 | 1424 |
蒂 | dì | peduncle or stem of plants | 艸 140.9 | 12 | 6 | 2556 | 1429 |
井 | jǐng | well, mine shaft, pit | 二 7.2 | 4 | 6 | 0077 | 1431 |
壮 | zhuàng | big, large; robust; name of tribe | 士 33.3 | 6 | 6 | 0510 | 1432 |
殖 | zhí | breed, spawn; increase; prosper | 歹 78.8 | 12 | 6 | 2594 | 1438 |
霍 | huò | quickly, suddenly; surname | 雨 173.8 | 16 | 6 | 3337 | 1442 |
撒 | sā | release, cast away, let go; disperse; relax | 手 64.12 | 15 | 6 | 3192 | 1445 |
液 | yè | sap, juice, liquid, fluid | 水 85.8 | 11 | 6 | 2428 | 1451 |
番 | fān | to take turns; a turn, a time; to repeat | 田 102.7 | 12 | 6 | 2709 | 1452 |
郎 | láng | gentleman, young man; husband | 邑 163.6 | 8 | 6 | 1287 | 1457 |
忧 | yōu | sad, grieved; grief, melancholy | 心 61.4 | 7 | 6 | 0874 | 1461 |
浮 | fú | to float, drift, waft; to exceed; superfluous | 水 85.7 | 10 | 6 | 2077 | 1462 |
艘 | sōu | counter for ships, vessels | 舟 137.10 | 15 | 6 | 3273 | 1470 |
伍 | wǔ | five, company of five; troops | 人 9.4 | 6 | 6 | 0459 | 1472 |
峰 | fēng | peak, summit; hump of camel | 山 46.7 | 10 | 6 | 1921 | 1473 |
黎 | lí | surname; numerous, many; black | 黍 202.3 | 15 | 6 | 3262 | 1476 |
贯 | guàn | a string of 1000 coins; to go through | 貝 154.4 | 8 | 6 | 1351 | 1478 |
侦 | zhēn | spy, reconnoiter; detective | 人 9.6 | 8 | 6 | 1145 | 1479 |
券 | quàn | certificate, ticket; title deeds | 刀 18.6 | 8 | 6 | 1230 | 1481 |
崇 | chóng | esteem, honor, revere, venerate | 山 46.8 | 11 | 6 | 2299 | 1482 |
宪 | xiàn | constitution, statute, law | 宀 40.6 | 9 | 6 | 1699 | 1484 |
慈 | cí | kind, charitable, benevolent | 心 61.10 | 13 | 6 | 3002 | 1487 |
枝 | zhī | branches, limbs; branch off | 木 75.4 | 8 | 6 | 1019 | 1491 |
拖 | tuō | drag, tow, haul; delay, prolong | 手 64.5 | 8 | 6 | 0968 | 1492 |
墨 | mò | ink; writing | 土 32.12 | 15 | 6 | 3255 | 1493 |
箭 | jiàn | arrow; type of bamboo | 竹 118.9 | 15 | 6 | 3267 | 1496 |
泥 | ní | mud, mire; earth, clay; plaster | 水 85.5 | 8 | 6 | 1258 | 1499 |
粉 | fěn | powder, face powder; plaster | 米 119.4 | 10 | 6 | 2053 | 1498 |
氏 | shì | clan, family; mister | 氏 83.0 | 4 | 6 | 0151 | 1500 |
拔 | bá | uproot, pull out | 手 64.5 | 8 | 6 | 0959 | 1502 |
愤 | fèn | resent, hate; indignant | 心 61.9 | 12 | 6 | 2770 | 1508 |
扑 | pū | pound, beat, strike; attack | 手 64.2 | 5 | 6 | 0199 | 1509 |
驱 | qū | spur a horse on; expel, drive away | 馬 187.4 | 7 | 6 | 0930 | 1511 |
掩 | yǎn | to cover (with the hand); shut, conceal; ambush | 手 64.8 | 11 | 6 | 2166 | 1514 |
尸 | shī | corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 | 尸 44.0 | 3 | 6 | 0059 | 1517 |
堡 | bǎo | fort, fortress; town, village | 土 32.9 | 12 | 6 | 2693 | 1521 |
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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