汉字 Character Flashcards

Learn Chinese characters, one HSK level at a time.

Pick a standard and a level, then drill the characters with five study modes. Free, no account required.

Five ways to study

Study: flip cards at your own pace. The back shows every reading and the meaning.
Quiz: four choices, one right answer. Pinyin distractors never share the right answer’s sound, so you can’t pass on tones alone.
Type: type the meaning, the pinyin or the characters. Tones are optional, but if you type them (hao3 or hǎo) they have to be right.
Match: pair characters with their pinyin or meaning, four at a time.
Review: the whole level in one grid, with each character linked to its stroke order.

Each level is split into sets of 25 characters, the same sets as the stroke order pages. Learn to write a set, then drill it here.

HSK 3.0 characters by level

HSK 3.0, the standard introduced in 2021, is the first version of the exam with an official character list: 3,000 characters across nine levels. Levels 1 to 6 add 300 characters each, and the advanced band (levels 7 to 9) adds the last 1,200 as a single list.

HSK 3.0 characters and words per level
Level	New characters	Total characters	New words	Total words
HSK 1	300	300	506	506
HSK 2	300	600	750	1,256
HSK 3	300	900	953	2,209
HSK 4	300	1,200	972	3,181
HSK 5	300	1,500	1,059	4,240
HSK 6	300	1,800	1,123	5,363
HSK 7–9	1,200	3,000	5,606	10,969

HSK 2.0 characters by level

The six-level HSK 2.0 exam defines only word lists, so its character sets are derived from them: each character belongs to the first level whose words use it. Many textbooks and courses still follow these levels.

HSK 2.0 characters and words per level
Level	New characters	Total characters	New words	Total words
HSK 1	178	178	150	150
HSK 2	168	346	147	297
HSK 3	272	618	298	595
HSK 4	453	1,071	598	1,193
HSK 5	639	1,710	1,298	2,491
HSK 6	922	2,632	2,500	4,991

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