HSK 1 (3.0): 300 words and 246 characters — 2026 syllabus
Everything HSK 1 requires under the syllabus in force since 1 July 2026. Figures are cumulative: the level is also tested on everything below it. Counted from the official syllabus rather than copied from summaries — why that distinction matters here.
Requirements in numbers
- Words
- 300
- +300 at this level
- Characters to read
- 246
- +246 at this level
- Of those, to write
- —
- list shared with the next level
- Under HSK 2.0
- 150
- words at this level
HSK 1 characters: 246 new
Characters introduced at this level, with their stroke count underneath. The ones you also need to write by hand, rather than only recognise, are underlined in red — 95 of 246.
- 爱10
- 八2
- 爸8
- 吧7
- 白5
- 百6
- 班10
- 半5
- 包5
- 杯8
- 本5
- 边5
- 便9
- 病10
- 不4
- 菜11
- 茶9
- 常11
- 唱11
- 超12
- 车4
- 吃6
- 出5
- 穿9
- 床7
- 打5
- 大3
- 蛋11
- 到8
- 道12
- 得11
- 的8
- 弟7
- 第11
- 点9
- 电5
- 东5
- 都10
- 读10
- 对5
- 多6
- 儿2
- 二2
- 饭7
- 房8
- 飞3
- 非8
- 分4
- 服8
- 高10
- 哥10
- 歌14
- 个3
- 给9
- 工3
- 公4
- 狗8
- 关6
- 贵9
- 国8
- 果8
- 还7
- 孩9
- 汉5
- 好6
- 号5
- 喝12
- 和8
- 很9
- 后6
- 候10
- 话8
- 欢6
- 回6
- 会6
- 火4
- 机6
- 鸡7
- 几2
- 家10
- 间7
- 见4
- 件6
- 叫5
- 姐8
- 今4
- 九2
- 觉9
- 开4
- 看9
- 可5
- 客9
- 课10
- 口3
- 块7
- 来7
- 老6
- 了2
- 冷7
- 里7
- 两7
- 亮9
- 零13
- 六4
- 妈6
- 吗6
- 买6
- 卖8
- 忙6
- 猫11
- 么3
- 没7
- 妹8
- 们5
- 米6
- 面9
- 名6
- 明8
- 哪9
- 那6
- 奶5
- 男7
- 脑10
- 呢8
- 能10
- 你7
- 年6
- 您11
- 牛4
- 女3
- 朋8
- 漂14
- 苹8
- 七2
- 期12
- 起10
- 气4
- 千3
- 前9
- 钱10
- 请10
- 去5
- 热10
- 人2
- 认4
- 日4
- 三3
- 商11
- 上3
- 少4
- 谁10
- 什4
- 生5
- 师6
- 十2
- 时7
- 识7
- 士3
- 市5
- 事8
- 视8
- 是9
- 手4
- 书4
- 水4
- 睡13
- 说9
- 司5
- 四5
- 岁6
- 他5
- 它5
- 她6
- 太4
- 题15
- 天4
- 条7
- 听7
- 同6
- 外5
- 玩8
- 晚11
- 喂12
- 文4
- 问6
- 我7
- 五4
- 午4
- 西6
- 息10
- 习3
- 喜12
- 系7
- 下3
- 先6
- 现8
- 想13
- 小3
- 校10
- 些8
- 写5
- 谢12
- 新13
- 星9
- 兴6
- 休6
- 学8
- 雪11
- 样10
- 要9
- 也3
- 一1
- 衣6
- 医7
- 宜8
- 以4
- 椅12
- 影15
- 友4
- 有6
- 雨8
- 语9
- 元4
- 院9
- 月4
- 再6
- 在6
- 早6
- 怎9
- 找7
- 这7
- 真10
- 正5
- 知8
- 只5
- 中4
- 钟9
- 住7
- 桌10
- 子3
- 字6
- 租10
- 昨9
- 作7
- 坐7
- 做11
Levels 1 and 2 share a single handwriting list of 100 characters. Every character above links to its own page: stroke order, readings, and every word in the syllabus that uses it. Printable practice sheets take any characters you paste in.
HSK 1 vocabulary: 300 new words
The start of the level’s word list, in syllabus order, with official pinyin and a short gloss. 300 glosses on this level were written by hand for the list rather than taken from a dictionary entry.
- 爱àito love; love
- 八bāeight
- 爸爸bàbafather
- 吧baparticle: suggestion
- 白天báitiāndaytime; during the day
- 百bǎihundred
- 半bànhalf
- 包子bāozibaozi, steamed buns
- 杯子bēizia cup; a glass
- 本běnmeasure word for books
- 边biānside
- 病bìngillness; to fall ill
- 不bùno
- 不客气bú kèqiyou're welcome; not at all
- 不要búyàodon't; must not
- 菜càidish; vegetable
- 茶chátea
- 唱chàngto sing
- 超市chāoshìa supermarket
- 车chēcar
- 吃chīto eat
- 出租车chūzūchēa taxi
- 穿chuānto wear; to put on
- 打电话dǎ diànhuàto make a phone call
- 大dàbig
- 大家dàjiāeveryone
- 大学dàxuéa university
- 大学生dàxuéshēnga university student
- 到dàoto arrive; until
- 的depossessive particle
- 第dìprefix for ordinal numbers
- 弟弟dìdiyounger brother
- 点diǎno'clock
- 店diàna shop; a store
- 电话diànhuàa telephone; a phone call
- 电脑diànnǎocomputer
- 电视diànshìtelevision
- 电影diànyǐngmovie
- 电影院diànyǐngyuàna cinema
- 东西dōngxithing