The hard characters of Acts
Acts uses 22 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 281 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 | 140 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 75 | 1:1 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 腓 | féi | 34 | 1:13 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 虔 | qián | 10 | 2:5 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 诮 | qiào | 2 | 2:13 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 珥 | ěr | 1 | 2:16 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 裔 | yì | 5 | 2:30 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 擘 | bò | 5 | 2:42 | 擘开 bò kāi |
| 踝 | huái | 1 | 3:7 | |
| 迦 | jiā | 17 | 5:34 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 7:41 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 缒 | zhuì | 3 | 9:25 | |
| 轭 | è | 1 | 15:10 | |
| 疋 | pǐ | 1 | 16:14 | |
| 鸠 | jiū | 1 | 17:18 | 斑鸠 bān jiū; 伊壁鸠鲁 yī bì jiū lǔ |
| 敕 | chì | 1 | 19:13 | 敕令 chì lìng |
| 龛 | kān | 1 | 19:24 | |
| 朔 | shuò | 2 | 20:13 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 26:11 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 26:11 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 癫 | diān | 3 | 26:24 | 癫狂 diān kuáng; 疯癫 fēng diān |
| 洑 | fú | 2 | 27:42 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（281）
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