The hard characters of 2 Kings
2 Kings uses 35 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 252 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 | 489 | 1:3 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 诅 | zǔ | 3 | 2:24 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 迦 | jiā | 28 | 2:25 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 珥 | ěr | 12 | 3:25 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 燔 | fán | 9 | 3:27 | |
| 婢 | bì | 3 | 4:2 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 榻 | tà | 1 | 4:10 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 朔 | shuò | 2 | 4:23 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 嚏 | tì | 1 | 4:35 | 喷嚏 pēn tì; 打喷嚏 dǎ pēn tì |
| 缦 | màn | 20 | 5:1 | 乃缦 nǎi màn |
| 掳 | lǔ | 19 | 5:2 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 裔 | yì | 2 | 5:27 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 坍 | tān | 1 | 6:13 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 犊 | dú | 2 | 10:29 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 冕 | miǎn | 1 | 11:12 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 邱 | qiū | 21 | 12:3 | |
| 愆 | qiān | 1 | 12:16 | 罪愆 zuì qiān |
| 骸 | hái | 5 | 13:21 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
| 蒺 | jí | 2 | 14:9 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 2 | 14:9 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 斐 | fěi | 2 | 15:16 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 毗 | pí | 4 | 15:29 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 讷 | nè | 1 | 17:30 | |
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 18:7 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 亵 | xiè | 2 | 19:6 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 2 | 19:6 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 19:21 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 晷 | guǐ | 1 | 20:11 | 日晷 rì guǐ |
| 铊 | tā | 1 | 21:13 | |
| 汲 | jí | 3 | 23:4 | 汲沦溪 jí lún xī; 汲引 jí yǐn |
| 娈 | luán | 1 | 23:7 | 娈童 luán tóng |
| 陀 | tuó | 2 | 23:10 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 扪 | mén | 2 | 23:13 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 剜 | wān | 1 | 25:7 | |
| 篾 | miè | 1 | 25:23 | 甲篾 jiǎ miè; 亚拉篾 yà lā miè |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（252）
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