TOPIK I (Korean) flashcards
28 decks · 2,368 cards · built into Willys · free samples below
Written against: Every word and sense of the TOPIK I list in the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015; 1,847 entries, 1,793 distinct spellings), with grammar patterns and in-context cloze; spelling and spacing per the Standard Korean Dictionary, romanization per the Revised Romanization of Korean. Updated 2026-10-10.
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Learn · 23 decks · 1,957 cards
Concepts, mechanisms and the questions a course or exam asks about them.
Hangul & Pronunciation Rules
The Hangul alphabet and how Korean is really pronounced: plain, aspirated and tense consonants, compound vowels, syllable blocks, the seven final sounds, and the sound-change rules (liaison, nasalization, ㅎ, palatalization, tensing).
Grammar Patterns
Grammar commonly taught for TOPIK I: particles, 이다 and 있다, polite and formal endings, the irregular stems, past and future, requests, negation with 안 and 못, everyday connectors, ability and obligation, noun modifiers and basic honorifics.
Core Vocabulary, Part 1
One hundred common words at TOPIK I level: native and Sino-Korean numbers and when to use each, counters, family, days and months, places, food, and the first verbs and adjectives — each with an original polite example sentence.
Core Vocabulary, Part 2
One hundred more common words at TOPIK I level: transport, shopping, weather and seasons, health, school and work, hobbies, feelings and everyday adverbs — with irregular conjugations flagged and original polite example sentences.
Core Vocabulary, Part 3
Seventy-nine basic TOPIK I words: family, people and jobs, life events, health, students, feelings, the body, and saying thank you and sorry — each with an original polite sentence on the front, and irregular verbs and honorific forms flagged.
Core Vocabulary, Part 4
Ninety-one TOPIK I words for home and daily life: meals and dishes, snacks and drinks, the kitchen, furniture, the bathroom, electronics and the phone, clothes, shopping and money — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 5
Eighty-four TOPIK I words for getting around town: places and directions, transport and travel, shops, schools, sports, nature, animals, weather and seasons — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 6
Ninety-two TOPIK I words: numbers before counters and ordinals, counters for time and measure, months, dates and time words, school supplies, study and the office, books and the news, and talking — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 7
Eighty-three TOPIK I words for moving and doing: going in, out, up and down, giving and receiving, chores and daily routine, and the action nouns used with 하다 such as 운전, 청소 and 산책 — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 8
Seventy-nine TOPIK I words for describing and comparing: size, weight, distance and speed, colors, tastes, same and different, helping and honorific verbs, and the everyday adverbs of degree and manner — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 9
Eighty-nine TOPIK I function words: pronouns and demonstratives, question words, bound nouns, conjunctions, answers and greetings, time words, amounts and everyday adverbs — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 10
Eighty-five TOPIK I words: people and relationships, culture and media, places, amounts and parts, time, seeing and feeling, facts and reasons, everyday actions, describing words and linking adverbs — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 11
Eighty-five more words from the TOPIK I list: time and memory, people and society, work and goals, media and sports, places, verbs for handling things, change and growth, and key adverbs, each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 12
Eighty-six TOPIK I words: people and society, work and money, home actions, body and senses, time, space and measurement, thinking and judging, free time, and linking adverbs — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 13
Eighty-five more TOPIK I words: people and family, the body and health, home and kitchen verbs, places and the outdoors, describing words, thoughts and feelings, outcomes, amounts, and adverbs — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 14
Eighty-nine more TOPIK I words: family and people, places and getting around, food, shopping, weather, health and the body, school and work, home life, nature, feelings, measures and adverbs — each with an original polite example sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 15
Eighty-nine more TOPIK I words: family and people, food and cooking, school and work, travel, shopping, hobbies, feelings, the body, the home, amounts and measures, describing words and adverbs — each with an original polite example sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 16
Eighty-eight TOPIK I words: food and the kitchen, weather, colors and qualities, feelings, people and conversation, school and work, money and shopping, holidays and free time, places and getting around, clothing and daily actions — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 17
Eighty-nine TOPIK I words and senses: food and eating out, places and getting around, home and belongings, family and honorific verbs, work, weather and animals, holidays and everyday verbs and adjectives — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 18
Eighty-eight TOPIK I words: home, clothes and chores, food and shopping, places and getting around, the body and health, nature and the seasons, people and jobs, feelings, messages and memory, and free time — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 19
Eighty-nine TOPIK I words: Korean dishes and drinks, places and getting around, colors, school, family honorifics, sports and outings, clothes and belongings, health and time words — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 20
Eighty-eight TOPIK I words and senses: native and Sino-Korean numbers up to 억, Korean cities and sights, countries, food and shopping, clothes and everyday objects, time words, weather and health — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Core Vocabulary, Part 21
Eighty-nine TOPIK I words: numbers up to ten million, counters, countries and Korean places, restaurant dishes, shopping and money, home and clothing, school, health, feelings and free time — each with an original polite sentence on the front.
Drills · 4 decks · 361 cards
Short answers and cloze blanks for the facts you simply have to know cold.
In Context, Part 1
Ninety TOPIK I sentences, each blanking one word from Parts 1–6 (time, places, food and shopping, family and people, school and hobbies, feelings, the body, the home, nature) so you produce it from context, verbs and adjectives in the form the sentence needs, with the English gloss as the hint.
In Context, Part 2
Ninety TOPIK I sentences, each blanking one word from Parts 7–11 (daily actions, describing words, function words, people, places, media and time) so you produce it from context, verbs and adjectives in the form the sentence needs, with the English gloss as the hint.
In Context, Part 3
Ninety TOPIK I sentences, each blanking one word from Parts 12–16 (people, places, food, home, body and health, feelings, school and work) so you produce it from context, verbs and adjectives in the form the sentence needs, with the English gloss as the hint.
In Context, Part 4
Ninety-one TOPIK I sentences, each blanking one word from Parts 17–21 (travel, food, family, school, health, home and seasons) so you produce it from context, verbs and adjectives in the form the sentence needs, with the English gloss as the hint.
Practice · 1 deck · 50 questions
Multiple-choice practice questions, one best answer each, with the reasoning.
Cloze decks have one or more blanks per sentence; the app makes one card per blank.
Study guide
Topics covered
The decks follow the order of the course outline. Numbers are cards per topic.
- Consonants 9
- Vowels 10
- Syllable Blocks 2
- Final Consonants 8
- Liaison 8
- Nasalisation 6
- ㄹ Assimilation 1
- ㅎ Rules 3
- Palatalisation 2
- Tensing 3
- Romanization 2
- Particles 18
- 이다 & 있다 5
- Polite Endings 5
- Irregular Stems 7
- Tense 2
- Wants & Requests 5
- Negation 4
- Connectors 10
- Aspect · Ability & Obligation 5
- Noun Modifiers 4
- Honorifics 7
- Native Numbers 28
- Sino-Korean Numbers 27
- Counters 27
- Time & Days 145
- Places & Transport 230
- Food & Shopping 248
- Common Verbs & Adjectives 277
- People & Family 162
- School & Work 128
- Hobbies & Culture 135
- Feelings 75
- Adverbs 114
- Body & Health 111
- Home & Belongings 174
- Nature & Weather 88
- Thinking & Communicating 81
- Function Words & Expressions 117
- Amounts & Measures 52
- Family 2
- Places 3
- Food & Drink 2
- Basic Verbs 2
- Basic Adjectives 2
- Transport 3
- Shopping 3
- Weather & Seasons 3
- Health 3
A study plan
- 85 new cards a day covers everything in a month, leaving the last weeks for review.
- 43 new cards a day covers everything in two months, leaving the last weeks for review.
- 29 new cards a day covers everything in three months, leaving the last weeks for review.
Willys schedules reviews for you (FSRS spaced repetition), so the daily number above is only for new cards; reviews of what you have learned come back on their own. Study a topic's cards right after you meet it in class, suspend topics you have not reached yet, and use the app's quiz mode in the final two weeks.
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Every deck is built into Willys
All 28 TOPIK I (Korean) decks (2,368 cards), with FSRS spaced repetition, quizzes and mock tests, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. 14-day free trial, then $14.99 a year.
In Willys, tap Exam Library at the top of your Decks (or Browse Exam Library… under the + button), find the exam on its shelf or by search, tick it and tap Add.
About these cards
Review status: Second-reader reviewed, with corrections applied.
Checked against:
- Pronunciation rules checked against the Standard Pronunciation Rules (표준 발음법, Part 2 of the Standard Language Regulations, 표준어 규정; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism notice 2017-13, published by the National Institute of Korean Language at korean.go.kr/kornorms) and word pronunciations against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전); romanization against the Revised Romanization of Korean (2000, as amended in 2014). Reference only; all wording and examples are original.
- Grammar points reflect patterns commonly taught at TOPIK I level; nearly all are on the beginner grammar list (sheet 공개 문법 목록 of the file 한국어능력시험_초급어휘목록_공개용.xls) that the National Institute for International Education attached to its 2009-04-17 notice '한국어능력시험 초급/중급 어휘·문법 목록 안내' in the TOPIK 자료실 at topik.go.kr, made for the earlier test format (no newer official grammar list is assumed). Spelling, spacing and conjugations checked against the National Institute of Korean Language's Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전) and Hangul orthography rules. Reference only; all explanations and example sentences are original.
- Word selection follows the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록) for TOPIK I (초급), via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list; the cards are grouped by topic. Spelling, spacing and meanings checked against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전); romanization follows the Revised Romanization of Korean (2000). Reference only; all glosses and example sentences are original.
- Answers are headwords of this folder's vocabulary decks; word selection follows the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록) for TOPIK I (초급). Spelling, spacing and meanings checked against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전). All sentences are original.
- Word selection follows the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록) for TOPIK I (초급), ordered by the National Institute of Korean Language's learner word list (2003, KOGL Type 1); both via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list. Spelling, spacing and meanings checked against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전); romanization follows the Revised Romanization of Korean (2000). Reference only; all glosses and example sentences are original.
- Pronunciation checked against the Standard Pronunciation Rules (표준 발음법, Part 2 of the Standard Language Regulations, 표준어 규정; Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism notice 2017-13, published by the National Institute of Korean Language at korean.go.kr/kornorms); spelling, spacing and conjugations against the Standard Korean Dictionary (표준국어대사전) and Hangul orthography rules. Most words are TOPIK I (초급) words in the TOPIK public vocabulary list (2015, 토픽 어휘 목록 공개 목록, via julienshim/combined_korean_vocabulary_list); a few, such as 세일 and 회의실, are listed there at 중급. Grammar selection reflects common TOPIK I-level material; no official TOPIK grammar list is assumed. Reference only.
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