The hard characters of Daniel
Daniel uses 31 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 178 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 | 19 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 毗 | pí | 2 | 1:3 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 胄 | zhòu | 1 | 1:3 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 迦 | jiā | 17 | 1:4 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 膳 | shàn | 6 | 1:5 | |
| 亘 | gèn | 4 | 2:20 | 亘古 gèn gǔ |
| 掳 | lǔ | 6 | 2:25 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 秕 | bǐ | 1 | 2:35 | 糠秕 kāng bǐ |
| 臬 | niè | 2 | 3:2 | |
| 藩 | fān | 2 | 3:2 | |
| 琵 | pí | 4 | 3:5 | 琵琶 pí pa |
| 琶 | pa | 4 | 3:5 | 琵琶 pí pa |
| 燎 | liáo | 1 | 3:27 | 火燎 huǒ liáo |
| 谕 | yù | 3 | 4:1 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 丕 | pī | 3 | 4:15 | |
| 箍 | gū | 2 | 4:15 | |
| 谏 | jiàn | 1 | 4:27 | 谏言 jiàn yán |
| 筵 | yán | 1 | 5:1 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 嫔 | pín | 3 | 5:2 | 妃嫔 fēi pín |
| 愎 | bì | 1 | 5:20 | 刚愎 gāng bì |
| 珥 | ěr | 1 | 5:25 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 玺 | xǐ | 6 | 6:8 | 红璧玺 hóng bì xǐ |
| 亨 | hēng | 2 | 6:28 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 燔 | fán | 5 | 8:11 | |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 9:11 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 濠 | háo | 1 | 9:25 | |
| 裔 | yì | 2 | 11:4 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 谄 | chǎn | 2 | 11:21 | 谄媚 chǎn mèi |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 11:31 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 11:31 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 扪 | mén | 1 | 11:41 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（178）
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