The hard characters of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel uses 46 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 284 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 | 359 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 毗 | pí | 6 | 1:2 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 婢 | bì | 14 | 1:11 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 磐 | pán | 10 | 2:2 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 釜 | fǔ | 1 | 2:14 | |
| 裔 | yì | 3 | 2:20 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 诅 | zǔ | 5 | 3:13 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 掳 | lǔ | 12 | 4:11 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 迦 | jiā | 32 | 4:21 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 衮 | gǔn | 11 | 5:2 | 大衮 dà gǔn |
| 痔 | zhì | 7 | 5:6 | 痔疮 zhì chuāng |
| 轭 | è | 1 | 6:7 | |
| 犊 | dú | 6 | 6:7 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 燔 | fán | 10 | 6:14 | |
| 珥 | ěr | 25 | 8:2 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 斐 | fěi | 1 | 9:1 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 邱 | qiū | 7 | 9:12 | |
| 掣 | chè | 8 | 10:20 | |
| 扪 | mén | 6 | 11:1 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 剜 | wān | 1 | 11:2 | |
| 锉 | cuò | 2 | 13:21 | |
| 矶 | jī | 1 | 14:2 | 伊矶伦 yī jī lún; 米矶 mǐ jī |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 2 | 14:27 | |
| 韦 | wéi | 1 | 14:49 | 亦施韦 yì shī wéi |
| 腓 | féi | 1 | 15:7 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 迥 | jiǒng | 1 | 15:29 | |
| 铠 | kǎi | 2 | 17:5 | 铠甲 kǎi jiǎ |
| 戟 | jǐ | 2 | 17:6 | |
| 辎 | zī | 3 | 17:20 | 辎重 zī zhòng |
| 鞘 | qiào | 1 | 17:51 | 出鞘 chū qiào |
| 磬 | qìng | 1 | 18:6 | |
| 拚 | pàn | 1 | 19:5 | 拚命 pàn mìng |
| 缒 | zhuì | 1 | 19:12 | |
| 恸 | tòng | 1 | 20:41 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 癫 | diān | 2 | 21:13 | 癫狂 diān kuáng; 疯癫 fēng diān |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 23:7 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 谗 | chán | 1 | 24:9 | 谗言 chán yán |
| 虼 | gè | 2 | 24:14 | 虼蚤 gè zao |
| 愎 | bì | 1 | 25:3 | 刚愎 gāng bì |
| 筵 | yán | 2 | 25:36 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 鹧 | zhè | 1 | 26:20 | 鹧鸪 zhè gū |
| 鸪 | gū | 1 | 26:20 | 鹧鸪 zhè gū |
| 篾 | miè | 2 | 27:10 | 甲篾 jiǎ miè; 亚拉篾 yà lā miè |
| 抟 | tuán | 1 | 28:24 | |
| 挞 | tà | 1 | 30:30 | |
| 骸 | hái | 1 | 31:13 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（284）
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