The hard characters of 1 Kings
1 Kings uses 45 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 267 that are common but beyond HSK 6, listed in the order the book first uses them, with their reading and first verse — a list to go through before reading the book aloud.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6. This page prints cleanly.
| Char. | Pinyin | In this book | First in | Example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 耶 | yē | 404 | 1:8 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 磐 | pán | 1 | 1:9 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 犊 | dú | 12 | 1:9 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 婢 | bì | 2 | 1:13 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 谕 | yù | 3 | 1:20 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 筵 | yán | 2 | 1:41 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 2:3 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 珥 | ěr | 12 | 2:5 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 裔 | yì | 5 | 2:33 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 汲 | jí | 2 | 2:37 | 汲沦溪 jí lún xī; 汲引 jí yǐn |
| 迦 | jiā | 23 | 2:39 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 邱 | qiū | 12 | 3:2 | |
| 燔 | fán | 7 | 3:4 | |
| 睚 | yá | 1 | 4:13 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 4:13 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 狍 | páo | 1 | 4:23 | 狍子 páo zi |
| 曷 | hé | 1 | 4:31 | 曷拉 hé lā; 西曷 xī hé |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 4:31 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 箴 | zhēn | 1 | 4:32 | 箴言 zhēn yán |
| 棂 | líng | 1 | 6:4 | 窗棂 chuāng líng |
| 楣 | méi | 1 | 6:31 | 门楣 mén méi |
| 柁 | tuó | 1 | 7:2 | |
| 璎 | yīng | 3 | 7:29 | 璎珞 yīng luò |
| 珞 | luò | 3 | 7:29 | 璎珞 yīng luò |
| 辋 | wǎng | 1 | 7:33 | |
| 毂 | gū | 1 | 7:33 | |
| 镊 | niè | 1 | 7:50 | 镊子 niè zi |
| 蚱 | zha / zhà | 1 | 8:37 | 蚂蚱 mà zha; 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 掳 | lǔ | 4 | 8:46 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 诮 | qiào | 1 | 9:7 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 9:8 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 奁 | lián | 1 | 9:16 | 妆奁 zhuāng lián |
| 斐 | fěi | 4 | 9:28 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 馐 | xiū | 1 | 10:5 | 珍馐美味 zhēn xiū měi wèi |
| 诧 | chà | 1 | 10:5 | 诧异 chà yì |
| 扪 | mén | 6 | 11:1 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 嫔 | pín | 4 | 11:3 | 妃嫔 fēi pín |
| 轭 | è | 8 | 12:4 | |
| 毗 | pí | 1 | 12:25 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 诓 | kuāng | 1 | 13:18 | |
| 娈 | luán | 3 | 14:24 | 娈童 luán tóng |
| 谒 | yè | 1 | 16:31 | |
| 嬉 | xī | 1 | 18:27 | 嬉笑 xī xiào |
| 胄 | zhòu | 2 | 21:8 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 渎 | dú | 2 | 21:10 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（267）
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