TOPIK questions, answered

Each page answers one question in its first sentence and names its sources.

1. How many words do you need for each TOPIK level?

   Reaching TOPIK level 3 means knowing about 3,460 Korean words, counting levels 1 to 3 of the National Institute of Korean Language's 2017 list.

2. Where our TOPIK word counts come from

   Our counts tally the National Institute of Korean Language's 2017 curriculum vocabulary list, excluding affixes, under the KOGL Type 1 licence.

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