# Isaiah in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> Isaiah uses 1,904 distinct Chinese characters and 3,754 distinct words across 43,651 characters and 1,290 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 56.9% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 45th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 66 |
| Verses | 1,290 |
| Chinese characters | 43,651 |
| Distinct characters | 1,904 |
| Word tokens | 31,113 |
| Distinct words | 3,754 |
| Average verse | 34 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 56.9% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 70% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 22.9% |
| Difficulty rank | 45 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 168 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | Old Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 必 | 674 |
| 2 | 耶和华 | 481 |
| 3 | 要 | 371 |
| 4 | 人 | 356 |
| 5 | 说 | 329 |
| 6 | 使 | 237 |
| 7 | 地 | 145 |
| 8 | 有 | 143 |
| 9 | 神 | 126 |
| 10 | 因 | 123 |
| 11 | 像 | 117 |
| 12 | 亚 | 109 |
| 13 | 来 | 105 |
| 14 | 事 | 94 |
| 15 | 就是 | 91 |
| 16 | 以色列 | 88 |
| 17 | 行 | 82 |
| 18 | 王 | 78 |
| 19 | 用 | 77 |
| 20 | 主 | 77 |
| 21 | 当 | 75 |
| 22 | 看 | 75 |
| 23 | 百姓 | 74 |
| 24 | 去 | 74 |
| 25 | 哪 | 73 |
| 26 | 谁 | 72 |
| 27 | 好像 | 69 |
| 28 | 军 | 68 |
| 29 | 如此 | 68 |
| 30 | 万 | 66 |
| 31 | 一 | 65 |
| 32 | 手 | 65 |
| 33 | 民 | 61 |
| 34 | 埃及 | 61 |
| 35 | 日 | 59 |
| 36 | 作 | 57 |
| 37 | 听 | 56 |
| 38 | 给 | 56 |
| 39 | 公义 | 55 |
| 40 | 城 | 54 |
| 41 | 述 | 54 |
| 42 | 得 | 53 |
| 43 | 如 | 53 |
| 44 | 荣耀 | 51 |
| 45 | 耶路撒冷 | 50 |
| 46 | 一样 | 49 |
| 47 | 一切 | 49 |
| 48 | 那里 | 48 |
| 49 | 不要 | 47 |
| 50 | 求 | 44 |

## Words found in Isaiah and nowhere else

焚毁 宣 飞龙 一夜之间 薄 刷 棕 奇迹 剪断 戍 伸开 必修 传言 大茴香 打小 微细 并吞 不识字 声说 不利 得力 飞快 高明 吝啬 凋 呢喃 残败 伴 永乐 开江 杉 声明 开道 符咒 劳神 蛀虫 诸子 无价 后盾 已久

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Isaiah 39 | 66.4% | 8 | 321 |
| Isaiah 63 | 65.5% | 19 | 712 |
| Isaiah 12 | 65.4% | 6 | 186 |
| Isaiah 43 | 65.3% | 28 | 914 |
| Isaiah 64 | 64.5% | 12 | 364 |
| Isaiah 41 | 64.3% | 29 | 972 |
| Isaiah 48 | 64.1% | 22 | 761 |
| Isaiah 53 | 62.4% | 12 | 471 |
| Isaiah 57 | 61.7% | 21 | 657 |
| Isaiah 50 | 61.6% | 11 | 438 |
| Isaiah 55 | 61.5% | 13 | 475 |
| Isaiah 49 | 61.1% | 26 | 1,016 |
| Isaiah 6 | 61.1% | 13 | 416 |
| Isaiah 66 | 60.7% | 24 | 1,014 |
| Isaiah 65 | 60.7% | 24 | 917 |
| Isaiah 18 | 60.7% | 7 | 289 |
| Isaiah 21 | 60.5% | 17 | 519 |
| Isaiah 45 | 60.4% | 25 | 952 |
| Isaiah 38 | 60.4% | 22 | 684 |
| Isaiah 26 | 60.3% | 21 | 647 |
| Isaiah 47 | 60.3% | 15 | 536 |
| Isaiah 44 | 60.2% | 28 | 1,049 |
| Isaiah 4 | 59.9% | 5 | 218 |
| Isaiah 23 | 59.8% | 18 | 582 |
| Isaiah 58 | 59.7% | 14 | 639 |
| Isaiah 52 | 59.6% | 15 | 516 |
| Isaiah 60 | 59.4% | 22 | 792 |
| Isaiah 42 | 59.4% | 25 | 802 |
| Isaiah 36 | 58.7% | 22 | 855 |
| Isaiah 62 | 58.4% | 12 | 429 |
| Isaiah 51 | 58.3% | 23 | 881 |
| Isaiah 22 | 57.2% | 25 | 745 |
| Isaiah 46 | 56.9% | 13 | 403 |
| Isaiah 27 | 56.6% | 13 | 458 |
| Isaiah 17 | 56.4% | 14 | 494 |
| Isaiah 40 | 56.2% | 31 | 947 |
| Isaiah 56 | 56.2% | 12 | 421 |
| Isaiah 7 | 55.5% | 25 | 761 |
| Isaiah 54 | 55.4% | 17 | 601 |
| Isaiah 25 | 55.3% | 12 | 445 |
| Isaiah 37 | 55.2% | 38 | 1,295 |
| Isaiah 14 | 55.1% | 32 | 994 |
| Isaiah 24 | 55% | 23 | 638 |
| Isaiah 59 | 54.5% | 21 | 728 |
| Isaiah 30 | 54.4% | 33 | 1,176 |
| Isaiah 33 | 54.2% | 24 | 735 |
| Isaiah 32 | 54.1% | 20 | 507 |
| Isaiah 9 | 54% | 21 | 737 |
| Isaiah 34 | 53.7% | 17 | 562 |
| Isaiah 28 | 53.2% | 29 | 963 |
| Isaiah 31 | 53.2% | 9 | 384 |
| Isaiah 8 | 52.7% | 22 | 692 |
| Isaiah 2 | 52.5% | 22 | 605 |
| Isaiah 10 | 52.3% | 34 | 1,110 |
| Isaiah 1 | 52.3% | 31 | 969 |
| Isaiah 13 | 52.3% | 22 | 645 |
| Isaiah 29 | 52% | 24 | 813 |
| Isaiah 61 | 51.9% | 11 | 451 |
| Isaiah 19 | 51.6% | 25 | 849 |
| Isaiah 5 | 51.5% | 30 | 969 |
| Isaiah 16 | 49.9% | 14 | 519 |
| Isaiah 3 | 48.8% | 26 | 639 |
| Isaiah 35 | 46.2% | 10 | 326 |
| Isaiah 11 | 45.8% | 16 | 528 |
| Isaiah 15 | 43% | 9 | 301 |
| Isaiah 20 | 40% | 6 | 217 |

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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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