# 2 Peter in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> 2 Peter uses 515 distinct Chinese characters and 572 distinct words across 2,070 characters and 61 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 58.5% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 37th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 3 |
| Verses | 61 |
| Chinese characters | 2,070 |
| Distinct characters | 515 |
| Word tokens | 1,408 |
| Distinct words | 572 |
| Average verse | 34 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 58.5% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 70.4% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 21.7% |
| Difficulty rank | 37 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 8 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 人 | 22 |
| 2 | 主 | 18 |
| 3 | 要 | 18 |
| 4 | 有 | 15 |
| 5 | 事 | 12 |
| 6 | 神 | 11 |
| 7 | 耶稣基督 | 8 |
| 8 | 有了 | 8 |
| 9 | 就是 | 8 |
| 10 | 地 | 7 |
| 11 | 加上 | 7 |
| 12 | 必 | 7 |
| 13 | 这些 | 7 |
| 14 | 因 | 6 |
| 15 | 弟兄 | 6 |
| 16 | 心 | 6 |
| 17 | 给 | 5 |
| 18 | 救主 | 5 |
| 19 | 义 | 5 |
| 20 | 得 | 5 |
| 21 | 应许 | 5 |
| 22 | 叫 | 5 |
| 23 | 脱离 | 5 |
| 24 | 知道 | 5 |
| 25 | 说 | 5 |
| 26 | 先知 | 5 |
| 27 | 天 | 5 |
| 28 | 亲爱 | 5 |
| 29 | 一样 | 4 |
| 30 | 认识 | 4 |
| 31 | 已 | 4 |
| 32 | 用 | 4 |
| 33 | 败坏 | 4 |
| 34 | 爱 | 4 |
| 35 | 使 | 4 |
| 36 | 晓得 | 4 |
| 37 | 坚固 | 4 |
| 38 | 随从 | 4 |
| 39 | 预言 | 4 |
| 40 | 速 | 4 |
| 41 | 毁谤 | 4 |
| 42 | 不义 | 4 |
| 43 | 日子 | 4 |
| 44 | 信 | 4 |
| 45 | 日 | 4 |
| 46 | 愿 | 3 |
| 47 | 一切 | 3 |
| 48 | 虔敬 | 3 |
| 49 | 赐给 | 3 |
| 50 | 荣耀 | 3 |

## Words found in 2 Peter and nowhere else

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## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 Peter 3 | 61.6% | 18 | 604 |
| 2 Peter 1 | 59.5% | 21 | 699 |
| 2 Peter 2 | 55% | 22 | 767 |

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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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- Bible text: public domain — 和合本 · World English Bible · Louis Segond 1910.
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