The First 1000 Flashcards
Test yourself. Then test yourself again. Printable cards for the 1,000 most common characters.
- Character on the front; pinyin and meaning on the back
- Ten cards per A4 page. Print, turn, print, cut
- Simplified and traditional editions
- Print as many sets as you like
What you get
Recognition is the thing that decays fastest, and flashcards are still the most honest way to find out what you’ve actually retained. These cover the 1,000 most common characters, the same frequency-ordered list as the rest of the range.
Print them, cut them, stick them around the house.



Goes well with
Everything we make, in one download: the first 2,000 characters as posters, practice sheets, reference sheets and flashcards, plus every radicals resource.
The 1,000 most common Chinese characters, four ways: poster, practice sheets, reference sheets and flashcards.
The 1,000 most common Chinese characters on one wall poster, ordered by frequency. Around 90% of what you’ll meet in a modern text.