Appendix:HSK list of Mandarin words v2.0/characters

In 2010, a new list of words was introduced for the HSK (新汉语水平考试). This list will soon become obsolete with the introduction of HSK 3.0 in 2021.

List	Level	Total cumulative words	Total new words
Level 1	一级	150	150
Level 2	二级	300	150
Level 3	三级	600	300
Level 4	四级	1200	600
Level 5	五级	2500	1300
Level 6	六级	5000	2500

The total number of Chinese characters to know is 2,663.