# 2 Corinthians in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> 2 Corinthians uses 827 distinct Chinese characters and 1,165 distinct words across 8,057 characters and 257 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 64.3% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 9th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 13 |
| Verses | 257 |
| Chinese characters | 8,057 |
| Distinct characters | 827 |
| Word tokens | 5,530 |
| Distinct words | 1,165 |
| Average verse | 31 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 64.3% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 76.3% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 17.1% |
| Difficulty rank | 9 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 31 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 神 | 80 |
| 2 | 人 | 74 |
| 3 | 叫 | 59 |
| 4 | 要 | 48 |
| 5 | 基督 | 45 |
| 6 | 有 | 41 |
| 7 | 因 | 35 |
| 8 | 事 | 34 |
| 9 | 主 | 32 |
| 10 | 说 | 31 |
| 11 | 给 | 25 |
| 12 | 去 | 23 |
| 13 | 那里 | 21 |
| 14 | 忧愁 | 19 |
| 15 | 作 | 18 |
| 16 | 安慰 | 18 |
| 17 | 就是 | 17 |
| 18 | 受 | 17 |
| 19 | 乃是 | 17 |
| 20 | 一 | 16 |
| 21 | 必 | 15 |
| 22 | 死 | 15 |
| 23 | 来 | 15 |
| 24 | 同 | 14 |
| 25 | 心 | 14 |
| 26 | 面前 | 14 |
| 27 | 众人 | 14 |
| 28 | 得 | 13 |
| 29 | 知道 | 13 |
| 30 | 并且 | 13 |
| 31 | 夸口 | 13 |
| 32 | 借着 | 13 |
| 33 | 信 | 13 |
| 34 | 软弱 | 13 |
| 35 | 耶稣 | 12 |
| 36 | 能 | 12 |
| 37 | 用 | 12 |
| 38 | 照 | 12 |
| 39 | 过 | 12 |
| 40 | 荣光 | 12 |
| 41 | 心里 | 11 |
| 42 | 凭着 | 11 |
| 43 | 若 | 11 |
| 44 | 提多 | 11 |
| 45 | 多 | 10 |
| 46 | 如今 | 10 |
| 47 | 使 | 10 |
| 48 | 凡事 | 10 |
| 49 | 地 | 10 |
| 50 | 教会 | 9 |

## Words found in 2 Corinthians and nowhere else

便宜 荐 承担 字句 宽宏

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 Corinthians 12 | 69.2% | 21 | 793 |
| 2 Corinthians 8 | 69% | 24 | 728 |
| 2 Corinthians 2 | 68.8% | 17 | 499 |
| 2 Corinthians 10 | 66% | 18 | 592 |
| 2 Corinthians 1 | 65.9% | 24 | 773 |
| 2 Corinthians 11 | 63.6% | 33 | 982 |
| 2 Corinthians 9 | 63.4% | 15 | 468 |
| 2 Corinthians 13 | 62.5% | 14 | 483 |
| 2 Corinthians 4 | 62.1% | 18 | 523 |
| 2 Corinthians 7 | 60.9% | 16 | 602 |
| 2 Corinthians 3 | 60.6% | 18 | 503 |
| 2 Corinthians 6 | 60.6% | 18 | 498 |
| 2 Corinthians 5 | 58.8% | 21 | 613 |

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## Method

- Text: 和合本 (Chinese Union Version), simplified script — public domain
- Words: forward maximum matching against CC-CEDICT (this site's own segmentation)
- HSK levels: HSK 3.0 levels from the complete-hsk-vocabulary list; band 7 covers HSK 7-9
- Reading times: 260 characters a minute (an assumption)
- Computed: 2026-09-22

These are reproducible counts over a public-domain text, not a peer-reviewed study. Difficulty ranks are one stated formula, not a validated readability score.


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