# 2 Thessalonians in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> 2 Thessalonians uses 361 distinct Chinese characters and 360 distinct words across 1,415 characters and 47 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 63.8% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 10th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 3 |
| Verses | 47 |
| Chinese characters | 1,415 |
| Distinct characters | 361 |
| Word tokens | 948 |
| Distinct words | 360 |
| Average verse | 30 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 63.8% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 74.1% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 17.4% |
| Difficulty rank | 10 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 5 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 主 | 24 |
| 2 | 神 | 18 |
| 3 | 人 | 12 |
| 4 | 叫 | 11 |
| 5 | 要 | 11 |
| 6 | 耶稣基督 | 9 |
| 7 | 一切 | 9 |
| 8 | 有 | 8 |
| 9 | 弟兄们 | 7 |
| 10 | 因 | 7 |
| 11 | 愿 | 6 |
| 12 | 信 | 6 |
| 13 | 给 | 5 |
| 14 | 心 | 5 |
| 15 | 行 | 5 |
| 16 | 平安 | 4 |
| 17 | 信心 | 4 |
| 18 | 受 | 4 |
| 19 | 患难 | 4 |
| 20 | 得 | 4 |
| 21 | 就是 | 4 |
| 22 | 耶稣 | 4 |
| 23 | 常 | 4 |
| 24 | 用 | 4 |
| 25 | 现在 | 4 |
| 26 | 不要 | 4 |
| 27 | 爱 | 4 |
| 28 | 吩咐 | 4 |
| 29 | 并且 | 3 |
| 30 | 众人 | 3 |
| 31 | 必 | 3 |
| 32 | 使 | 3 |
| 33 | 沉沦 | 3 |
| 34 | 荣光 | 3 |
| 35 | 降临 | 3 |
| 36 | 身上 | 3 |
| 37 | 得荣 | 3 |
| 38 | 耀 | 3 |
| 39 | 日子 | 3 |
| 40 | 名 | 3 |
| 41 | 那里 | 3 |
| 42 | 事 | 3 |
| 43 | 来 | 3 |
| 44 | 拦阻 | 3 |
| 45 | 凡 | 3 |
| 46 | 中间 | 3 |
| 47 | 按 | 3 |
| 48 | 规矩 | 3 |
| 49 | 做工 | 3 |
| 50 | 有人 | 3 |

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 Thessalonians 2 | 64.5% | 17 | 539 |
| 2 Thessalonians 1 | 63.8% | 12 | 412 |
| 2 Thessalonians 3 | 63% | 18 | 464 |

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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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