The hard characters of 2 Samuel
2 Samuel uses 41 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 264 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 冕 | miǎn | 3 | 1:10 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 镯 | zhuó | 1 | 1:10 | 镯子 zhuó zi; 手镯 shǒu zhuó |
| 耶 | yē | 206 | 1:12 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 珥 | ěr | 56 | 1:18 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 迦 | jiā | 31 | 1:20 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 矜 | jīn | 1 | 1:20 | |
| 嫔 | pín | 8 | 3:7 | 妃嫔 fēi pín |
| 筵 | yán | 1 | 3:20 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 诓 | kuāng | 1 | 3:25 | |
| 瓮 | wèng | 2 | 3:27 | |
| 裔 | yì | 3 | 4:8 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 朔 | shuò | 4 | 5:14 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 斐 | fěi | 1 | 5:15 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 毗 | pí | 3 | 5:20 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 钹 | bó | 1 | 6:5 | |
| 艮 | gèn | 1 | 6:6 | |
| 燔 | fán | 5 | 6:17 | |
| 婢 | bì | 9 | 6:20 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 7:2 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 陀 | tuó | 6 | 8:9 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 扪 | mén | 19 | 8:12 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 12:14 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 12:14 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 抟 | tuán | 1 | 13:8 | |
| 闩 | shuān | 2 | 13:17 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 恸 | tòng | 2 | 13:36 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 瑕 | xiá | 1 | 14:25 | 瑕疵 xiá cī; 无瑕 wú xiá |
| 疵 | cī | 1 | 14:25 | 瑕疵 xiá cī |
| 汲 | jí | 1 | 15:23 | 汲沦溪 jí lún xī; 汲引 jí yǐn |
| 崽 | zǎi | 1 | 17:8 | 崽子 zǎi zi |
| 妾 | qiè | 1 | 19:5 | 妻妾 qī qiè |
| 谗 | chán | 1 | 19:27 | 谗言 chán yán |
| 磐 | pán | 7 | 20:8 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 鞘 | qiào | 2 | 20:8 | 出鞘 chū qiào |
| 睚 | yá | 1 | 20:26 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 骸 | hái | 4 | 21:12 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
| 殓 | liàn | 1 | 21:13 | |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 22:30 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 谕 | yù | 1 | 23:3 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 黏 | nián | 1 | 23:10 | 黏住 nián zhù |
| 轭 | è | 1 | 24:22 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（264）
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