TOPIK 5 · Advanced

This site lists 2,190 words graded to 5급. Counting every level up to and including it, that is 9,366 words in total — the cumulative figure is the one that matters, because 5급 assumes everything below it.

Carry out research or professional work in your field and use formal and written registers correctly.

TOPIK II. Two sittings totalling 180 minutes, covering listening, writing and reading, scored out of 300. It is the only test with a writing section.

At twenty new words a day, this level's 2,190 words take about 16 weeks on their own. Reaching it from zero means the 9,366 cumulative words, which is closer to 16 months at the same pace.