I grunt happily, producing new vocab lists! We now have the first level of the 汉语水平考试 (HSK) characters, which is a general-purpose character list you can study if you’re not using a specific textbook, or even if you are. There are 4 levels, with 2858 characters in all; this is the first 799. They correspond to official proficiency tests you can take to get ultimate Chinese mastery certifications and such.