The hard characters of Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy uses 61 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 321 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 陀 | tuó | 1 | 1:1 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 珥 | ěr | 31 | 1:2 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 耶 | yē | 545 | 1:3 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 谕 | yù | 6 | 1:3 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 迦 | jiā | 27 | 1:7 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 裔 | yì | 11 | 1:8 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 衲 | nà | 6 | 1:28 | 亚衲族 yà nà zú |
| 孚 | fú | 1 | 1:36 | 基尼洗族耶孚 jī ní xǐ zú yē fú; 鲁孚 lǔ fú |
| 掳 | lǔ | 7 | 1:39 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 扪 | mén | 9 | 2:19 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 斐 | fěi | 2 | 2:23 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 恸 | tòng | 1 | 2:25 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 闩 | shuān | 2 | 3:5 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 睚 | yá | 2 | 3:14 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 倭 | wō | 1 | 3:14 | 哈倭特 hā wō tè |
| 毗 | pí | 10 | 3:17 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 婢 | bì | 10 | 5:14 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 犊 | dú | 10 | 7:13 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 磐 | pán | 9 | 8:15 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 荚 | jiá | 1 | 10:3 | 皂荚 zào jiá; 皂荚树 zào jiá shù |
| 坍 | tān | 1 | 11:6 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 诅 | zǔ | 34 | 11:26 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 燔 | fán | 7 | 12:6 | |
| 狍 | páo | 1 | 14:5 | 狍子 páo zi |
| 麋 | mí | 1 | 14:5 | 麋鹿 mí lù |
| 鹯 | zhān | 1 | 14:13 | |
| 鹞 | yào | 1 | 14:13 | |
| 鸮 | xiāo | 1 | 14:16 | |
| 鸱 | chī | 1 | 14:16 | |
| 鹈 | tí | 1 | 14:17 | 鹈鹕 tí hú |
| 鹕 | hú | 1 | 14:17 | 鹈鹕 tí hú |
| 鸬 | lú | 1 | 14:17 | 鸬鹚 lú cí |
| 鹚 | cí | 1 | 14:17 | 鸬鹚 lú cí |
| 鹳 | guàn | 1 | 14:18 | |
| 鹭 | lù | 1 | 14:18 | 鹭鸶 lù sī |
| 鸶 | sī | 1 | 14:18 | 鹭鸶 lù sī |
| 揝 | zuàn | 1 | 15:7 | |
| 嫔 | pín | 1 | 17:17 | 妃嫔 fēi pín |
| 轭 | è | 2 | 21:3 | |
| 佯 | yáng | 3 | 22:1 | |
| 阉 | yān | 1 | 23:1 | 阉割 yān gē; 阉人 yān rén |
| 娈 | luán | 2 | 23:17 | 娈童 luán tóng |
| 娼 | chāng | 1 | 23:18 | 娼妓 chāng jì |
| 踹 | chuài | 1 | 25:4 | |
| 墁 | màn | 2 | 27:2 | |
| 抟 | tuán | 2 | 28:5 | |
| 痨 | láo | 1 | 28:22 | 痨病 láo bìng |
| 痔 | zhì | 1 | 28:27 | 痔疮 zhì chuāng |
| 疥 | jiè | 1 | 28:27 | |
| 癫 | diān | 1 | 28:28 | 癫狂 diān kuáng; 疯癫 fēng diān |
| 亨 | hēng | 2 | 28:29 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 诮 | qiào | 1 | 28:37 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 磺 | huáng | 1 | 29:23 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 霖 | lín | 1 | 32:2 | |
| 搧 | shān | 1 | 32:11 | |
| 咂 | zā | 1 | 32:13 | |
| 虺 | huī | 1 | 32:33 | |
| 虔 | qián | 1 | 33:8 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 迥 | jiǒng | 1 | 33:16 | |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 1 | 33:24 | |
| 穹 | qióng | 1 | 33:26 | 穹苍 qióng cāng |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（321）
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