Document and Entity Information	Total
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Document Type	497
Document Period End Date	Oct. 31, 2018
Registrant Name	HSBC FUNDS
Central Index Key	0000798290
Amendment Flag	false
Document Creation Date	May 29, 2019
Document Effective Date	May 29, 2019
Prospectus Date	Feb. 28, 2019
Entity Inv Company Type	N-1A
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Class A Shares
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Trading Symbol	FTRXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Class C Shares
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Trading Symbol	HUMXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Class D Shares
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Trading Symbol	HGDXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Class E Shares
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Trading Symbol	HGEXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Class I Shares
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Trading Symbol	HGIXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Intermediary Class Shares
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Trading Symbol	HGGXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Intermediary Service Class Shares
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Trading Symbol	HGFXX
HSBC U.S. Government Money Market Fund | Class Y Shares
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Trading Symbol	RGYXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Class A Shares
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Trading Symbol	HWAXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Class C Shares
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Trading Symbol	HUCXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Class D Shares
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Trading Symbol	HTDXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Class E Shares
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Trading Symbol	HTEXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Class I Shares
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Trading Symbol	HBIXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Intermediary Class Shares
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Trading Symbol	HTGXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Intermediary Service Class Shares
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Trading Symbol	HTFXX
HSBC U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund | Class Y Shares
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Trading Symbol	HTYXX
HSBC Opportunity Fund | Class A Shares
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Trading Symbol	HSOAX
HSBC Opportunity Fund | Class B Shares
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Trading Symbol	HOPBX
HSBC Opportunity Fund | Class C Shares
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Trading Symbol	HOPCX
HSBC Opportunity Fund Class I | Class I Shares
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Trading Symbol	RESCX
HSBC Frontier Markets Fund | Class A Shares
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Trading Symbol	HSFAX
HSBC Frontier Markets Fund | Class I Shares
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Trading Symbol	HSFIX
HSBC Asia ex-Japan Smaller Companies Equity Fund | Class A Shares
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Trading Symbol	HAJAX
HSBC Asia ex-Japan Smaller Companies Equity Fund | Class I Shares
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Trading Symbol	HAJIX