# Jude in Chinese — vocabulary profile

> Jude uses 357 distinct Chinese characters and 317 distinct words across 897 characters and 25 verses of the Chinese Union Version (和合本, simplified). 58.6% of its word tokens are HSK 1-3, ranking it 36th of 66 books from easiest to hardest by that measure.

| Measure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Chapters | 1 |
| Verses | 25 |
| Chinese characters | 897 |
| Distinct characters | 357 |
| Word tokens | 614 |
| Distinct words | 317 |
| Average verse | 36 characters |
| HSK 1-3 word tokens | 58.6% |
| HSK 1-6 word tokens | 67.9% |
| Not in HSK 1-9 | 24.1% |
| Difficulty rank | 36 of 66 (1 = easiest) |
| Reading time | 3 min at 260 chars/min |
| Testament | New Testament |

## Most frequent words in this book

| # | Word | Occurrences |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | 人 | 12 |
| 2 | 主 | 9 |
| 3 | 要 | 8 |
| 4 | 耶稣基督 | 6 |
| 5 | 说 | 6 |
| 6 | 弟兄 | 4 |
| 7 | 神 | 4 |
| 8 | 地 | 4 |
| 9 | 有些人 | 4 |
| 10 | 情欲 | 4 |
| 11 | 事 | 4 |
| 12 | 有 | 4 |
| 13 | 这些 | 4 |
| 14 | 行 | 4 |
| 15 | 不敬 | 4 |
| 16 | 虔 | 4 |
| 17 | 写信 | 3 |
| 18 | 给 | 3 |
| 19 | 爱 | 3 |
| 20 | 保守 | 3 |
| 21 | 亲爱 | 3 |
| 22 | 从前 | 3 |
| 23 | 一切 | 3 |
| 24 | 随从 | 3 |
| 25 | 毁谤 | 3 |
| 26 | 的话 | 3 |
| 27 | 怜悯 | 3 |
| 28 | 愿 | 2 |
| 29 | 同 | 2 |
| 30 | 恩 | 2 |
| 31 | 真道 | 2 |
| 32 | 争辩 | 2 |
| 33 | 独一 | 2 |
| 34 | 那些 | 2 |
| 35 | 天使 | 2 |
| 36 | 用 | 2 |
| 37 | 永远 | 2 |
| 38 | 审判 | 2 |
| 39 | 火 | 2 |
| 40 | 只 | 2 |
| 41 | 道 | 2 |
| 42 | 无 | 2 |
| 43 | 惧怕 | 2 |
| 44 | 死 | 2 |
| 45 | 连 | 2 |
| 46 | 出来 | 2 |
| 47 | 曾 | 2 |
| 48 | 证实 | 2 |
| 49 | 常 | 2 |
| 50 | 圣灵 | 2 |

## Chapters, easiest first

| Chapter | HSK 1-3 | Verses | Characters |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jude 1 | 58.6% | 25 | 897 |

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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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