The hard characters of Amos
Amos uses 24 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 139 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 | 82 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 迦 | jiā | 6 | 1:2 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 1:5 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 掳 | lǔ | 12 | 1:5 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 珥 | ěr | 2 | 1:5 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 1:12 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 扪 | mén | 1 | 1:13 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 骸 | hái | 1 | 2:1 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
| 戮 | lù | 4 | 2:3 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 涎 | xián | 1 | 2:7 | 垂涎 chuí xián |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 2:7 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 2:7 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 咆 | páo | 1 | 3:4 | 咆哮 páo xiào |
| 榻 | tà | 2 | 3:12 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 昴 | mǎo | 1 | 5:8 | |
| 燔 | fán | 1 | 5:22 | |
| 龛 | kān | 1 | 5:26 | |
| 犊 | dú | 2 | 6:4 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 邱 | qiū | 1 | 7:9 | |
| 朔 | shuò | 1 | 8:5 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 戥 | děng | 1 | 8:5 | |
| 穹 | qióng | 1 | 9:6 | 穹苍 qióng cāng |
| 斐 | fěi | 1 | 9:7 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 踹 | chuài | 1 | 9:13 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（139）
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