TOPIK I vocabulary list: 1,791 words

The 1,791 new words of TOPIK I, about CEFR level A1–A2. With the words of the easier levels that makes 1,791 words in all. Listen to each word, see how it is written stroke by stroke and download the list as an Anki deck.

TOPIK I Anki deckAll 1,791 words of TOPIK I as two-sided cards.

#	Korean	Part of speech	English
1	가게	noun	shop
2	가격	noun	price
3	가구	noun	furniture
4	가깝다	adjective	close
5	가끔	adverb	sometimes
6	가늘다	adjective	thin
7	가다	verb	go
8	가득	adverb	full
9	가르치다	verb	teach
10	가리키다	verb	point
11	가방	noun	bag
12	가볍다	adjective	light
13	가수	noun	가수
14	가슴	noun	chest
15	가요	noun	Let's go
16	가운데	noun	middle
17	가위	noun	scissors
18	가을	noun	autumn
19	가장	adverb	most
20	가져가다	verb	take
21	가져오다	verb	bring
22	가족	noun	family
23	가지	noun	eggplant
24	가지다	verb	have
25	각각	noun, adverb	each
26	간단하다	adjective	간단하다
27	간단히	adverb	simply
28	간식	noun	snack
29	간장	noun	soy sauce
30	간호사	noun	nurse
31	갈비	noun	ribs
32	갈비탕	noun	Galbitang
33	갈색	noun	brown
34	갈아입다	verb	change clothes
35	갈아타다	verb	change
36	감	noun	persimmon
37	감기	noun	cold
38	감기약	noun	cold medicine
39	감다	verb	wind up
40	감사	noun	thanks
41	감자	noun	potato
42	갑자기	adverb	suddenly
43	값	noun	value
44	강	noun	river
45	강아지	noun	puppy
46	강하다	adjective	strong
47	갖다	verb	take
48	같다	adjective	Same
49	같이	adverb	together
50	갚다	verb	repay
51	개	noun	dog
52	개월	noun	months
53	거	noun	Huge
54	거기	pronoun	there
55	거리	noun	distance
56	거실	noun	living room
57	거울	noun	mirror
58	거의	noun, adverb	almost
59	거절	noun	refusal
60	거짓말	noun	lie
61	걱정	noun	worry
62	건강	noun	health
63	건너가다	verb	cross
64	건너다	verb	cross
65	건너편	noun	across the street
66	건물	noun	building
67	걷다	verb	walk
68	걸다	verb	bet
69	걸리다	verb	get caught
70	걸어가다	verb	walk
71	걸어오다	verb	walk
72	걸음	noun	step
73	검사	noun	inspection
74	검은색	noun	black
75	검정	noun	black
76	것	noun	thing
77	겉	noun	outside
78	게으르다	adjective	be lazy
79	게임	noun	game
80	겨울	noun	winter
81	결과	noun	result
82	결석	noun	absence
83	결심	noun	determination
84	결정	noun	decision
85	결혼	noun	marriage
86	결혼식	noun	wedding
87	경기	noun	game
88	경찰	noun	police
89	경찰서	noun	police station
90	경치	noun	scenery
91	경험	noun	experience
92	계단	noun	stairs
93	계란	noun	eggs
94	계산	noun	calculation
95	계속	noun, adverb	continue
96	계시다	verb	be there
97	계절	noun	season
98	계획	noun	plan
99	고개	noun	head
100	고기	noun	meat

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TOPIK II

Questions about TOPIK I

How many words are in TOPIK I?

This list holds 1,791 words for TOPIK I. TOPIK II builds on TOPIK I, so the full vocabulary up to TOPIK I is 1,791 words.

Is this the official TOPIK list?

It follows the public TOPIK word list, which groups words into two tiers: beginner (TOPIK I, grades 1–2) and intermediate and above (TOPIK II, grades 3–6). TOPIK has six grades, but there is no official word list for each grade.

How should I study the TOPIK I words?

Listen to each word and say it aloud, then review them as an Anki deck so you see each word again just before you would forget it.

Word lists: the TOPIK public word list (topik.go.kr, 2015) and the learners' vocabulary list of the National Institute of the Korean Language (2003), combined by the open-source project combined_korean_vocabulary_list (MIT licence for its code). Rights in the original lists remain with their owners. English and Vietnamese meanings are machine translations. Heylangs is not affiliated with TOPIK or the National Institute of the Korean Language.