The hard characters of 2 Chronicles
2 Chronicles uses 48 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 291 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 | 633 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 邱 | qiū | 17 | 1:3 | |
| 珥 | ěr | 14 | 1:5 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 燔 | fán | 31 | 1:6 | |
| 朔 | shuò | 3 | 2:4 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 楠 | nán | 4 | 3:1 | 阿珥楠 ā ěr nán; 哈楠业楼 hā nán yè lóu |
| 幔 | màn | 4 | 3:14 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 锸 | chā | 1 | 4:16 | |
| 镊 | niè | 1 | 4:22 | 镊子 niè zi |
| 钹 | bó | 3 | 5:12 | |
| 蚱 | zha / zhà | 1 | 6:28 | 蚂蚱 mà zha; 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 掳 | lǔ | 16 | 6:36 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 诮 | qiào | 3 | 7:20 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 闩 | shuān | 2 | 8:5 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 裔 | yì | 6 | 8:8 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 迦 | jiā | 34 | 8:17 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 斐 | fěi | 4 | 8:18 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 馐 | xiū | 1 | 9:4 | 珍馐美味 zhēn xiū měi wèi |
| 诧 | chà | 1 | 9:4 | 诧异 chà yì |
| 轭 | è | 8 | 10:4 | |
| 夙 | sù | 1 | 11:7 | |
| 犊 | dú | 3 | 11:15 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 妾 | qiè | 3 | 11:21 | 妻妾 qī qiè |
| 扪 | mén | 8 | 12:13 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 亨 | hēng | 7 | 13:12 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 戮 | lù | 3 | 13:17 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 汲 | jí | 3 | 15:16 | 汲沦溪 jí lún xī; 汲引 jí yǐn |
| 冕 | miǎn | 1 | 23:11 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 胄 | zhòu | 1 | 23:20 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 蒺 | jí | 2 | 25:18 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 2 | 25:18 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 矜 | jīn | 1 | 25:19 | |
| 婢 | bì | 2 | 28:10 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 瑾 | jǐn | 2 | 28:18 | |
| 毗 | pí | 1 | 28:20 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 29:8 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 驿 | yì | 2 | 30:6 | |
| 筵 | yán | 1 | 30:22 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 谕 | yù | 1 | 31:5 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 珉 | mín | 2 | 31:15 | |
| 虔 | qián | 1 | 32:1 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 铙 | náo | 1 | 33:11 | |
| 愆 | qiān | 1 | 33:19 | 罪愆 zuì qiān |
| 骸 | hái | 1 | 34:5 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 34:24 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 釜 | fǔ | 1 | 35:13 | |
| 叟 | sǒu | 1 | 36:17 | |
| 诏 | zhào | 1 | 36:22 | 诏书 zhào shū; 下诏 xià zhào |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（291）
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