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HSK 6 (3.0): 5,400 words and 1,940 characters — 2026 syllabus

Everything HSK 6 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
5,400
+1,800 at this level
Characters to read
1,940
+413 at this level
Of those, to write
700
by hand
Under HSK 2.0
5,000
words at this level

HSK 6 characters: 413 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 — 150 of 413.

Individual character pages currently cover HSK 1–3; for the rest, paste characters into the practice sheet builder to see their stroke order. Printable practice sheets take any characters you paste in.

HSK 6 vocabulary: 1,800 new words

The start of the level’s word list, in syllabus order, with official pinyin and a short gloss. 1,800 glosses on this level were written by hand for the list rather than taken from a dictionary entry.

  1. 岸àna shore; a bank
  2. 案例ànlìa case; a case study
  3. 按摩ànmóa massage; to massage
  4. 暗示ànshìto hint; a hint
  5. 昂贵ángguìexpensive; costly
  6. 白白báibáiin vain; for nothing
  7. 白领báilǐnga white-collar worker
  8. 摆bǎito place; to arrange
  9. 摆放bǎifàngto place; to lay out
  10. 百分点bǎifēndiǎna percentage point
  11. 百货bǎihuògeneral merchandise
  12. 摆脱bǎituōto shake off; to break free of
  13. 败bàito be defeated; to lose
  14. 拜访bàifǎngto pay a visit; to call on
  15. 拜年bàiniánto pay a New Year visit
  16. 版bǎnan edition; a version
  17. 版本bǎnběna version; an edition
  18. 伴随bànsuíto accompany; to go along with
  19. 扮演bànyǎnto play the part of
  20. 榜样bǎngyànga role model; an example
  21. 棒球bàngqiúbaseball
  22. 保管bǎoguǎnto keep safe; a storekeeper
  23. 保健bǎojiànhealth care
  24. 保暖bǎonuǎnto keep warm
  25. 保修bǎoxiūa warranty; guaranteed repair
  26. 保障bǎozhàngto safeguard; a guarantee
  27. 爆bàoto burst; to explode
  28. 爆发bàofāto break out; to erupt
  29. 报刊bàokānthe press; newspapers
  30. 暴力bàolìviolence; violent
  31. 暴露bàolùto expose; to come to light
  32. 报社bàoshèa newspaper office
  33. 爆炸bàozhàto explode; an explosion
  34. 悲观bēiguānpessimistic
  35. 悲剧bēijùa tragedy
  36. 悲伤bēishāngsad; to grieve
  37. 北极běijíthe North Pole
  38. 北美洲BěiměizhōuNorth America
  39. 被动bèidòngpassive
  40. 被迫bèipòto be forced to
Full HSK 6 word list — 1,800 words →