# 3 John in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> 3 John uses 171 distinct Chinese characters and 160 distinct words across 419 characters and 15 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 63.7% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 13th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 1 |
| Verses | 15 |
| Chinese characters | 419 |
| Distinct characters | 171 |
| Word tokens | 303 |
| Distinct words | 160 |
| Average verse | 28 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 63.7% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 79.5% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 15.2% |
| Difficulty rank | 13 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 2 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 给 | 7 |
| 2 | 行 | 6 |
| 3 | 真理 | 5 |
| 4 | 接待 | 5 |
| 5 | 作 | 4 |
| 6 | 亲爱 | 4 |
| 7 | 弟兄 | 4 |
| 8 | 见证 | 4 |
| 9 | 就是 | 3 |
| 10 | 兄弟 | 3 |
| 11 | 有 | 3 |
| 12 | 按 | 3 |
| 13 | 神 | 3 |
| 14 | 写信 | 2 |
| 15 | 爱 | 2 |
| 16 | 愿 | 2 |
| 17 | 兴盛 | 2 |
| 18 | 正如 | 2 |
| 19 | 证明 | 2 |
| 20 | 喜乐 | 2 |
| 21 | 在教 | 2 |
| 22 | 若 | 2 |
| 23 | 过 | 2 |
| 24 | 好 | 2 |
| 25 | 人 | 2 |
| 26 | 地 | 2 |
| 27 | 教会 | 2 |
| 28 | 丢 | 2 |
| 29 | 事 | 2 |
| 30 | 效法 | 2 |
| 31 | 恶 | 2 |
| 32 | 行善 | 2 |
| 33 | 见 | 2 |
| 34 | 写 | 2 |
| 35 | 快 | 2 |
| 36 | 众 | 2 |
| 37 | 位 | 2 |
| 38 | 朋友 | 2 |
| 39 | 问 | 2 |
| 40 | 安 | 2 |
| 41 | 长老 | 1 |
| 42 | 该 | 1 |
| 43 | 犹 | 1 |
| 44 | 诚心 | 1 |
| 45 | 凡事 | 1 |
| 46 | 身体 | 1 |
| 47 | 健壮 | 1 |
| 48 | 灵魂 | 1 |
| 49 | 一样 | 1 |
| 50 | 来 | 1 |

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 3 John 1 | 63.7% | 15 | 419 |

Page: https://chinese-bible.com/en/reference/books/3-john · Read it: https://chinese-bible.com/en/3-john

## 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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