The hard characters of Ecclesiastes
Ecclesiastes uses 17 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 104 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 | 5 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 嬉 | xī | 1 | 2:2 | 嬉笑 xī xiào |
| 囿 | yòu | 1 | 2:5 | 园囿 yuán yòu |
| 婢 | bì | 2 | 2:7 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 嫔 | pín | 1 | 2:8 | 妃嫔 fēi pín |
| 戮 | lù | 1 | 3:3 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 恸 | tòng | 1 | 3:4 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 谏 | jiàn | 1 | 4:13 | 谏言 jiàn yán |
| 诧 | chà | 1 | 5:8 | 诧异 chà yì |
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 7:14 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 诅 | zǔ | 4 | 7:21 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 10:8 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 胄 | zhòu | 1 | 10:17 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 筵 | yán | 1 | 10:19 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 蚱 | zha / zhà | 1 | 12:5 | 蚂蚱 mà zha; 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 蜢 | měng | 1 | 12:5 | 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 箴 | zhēn | 1 | 12:9 | 箴言 zhēn yán |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（104）
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