The hard characters of Exodus
Exodus uses 38 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 303 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 迦 | jiā | 16 | 1:3 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 荻 | dí | 2 | 2:3 | 芦荻 lú dí |
| 婢 | bì | 11 | 2:5 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 珥 | ěr | 14 | 2:18 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 舜 | shùn | 2 | 2:22 | |
| 忒 | tè | 9 | 3:1 | 巴忒罗 bā tè luó |
| 耶 | yē | 419 | 3:2 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 谕 | yù | 17 | 6:2 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 斐 | fěi | 1 | 6:21 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 榻 | tà | 1 | 8:3 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 抟 | tuán | 2 | 8:3 | |
| 虱 | shī | 5 | 8:16 | 虱子 shī zi |
| 燔 | fán | 17 | 10:25 | |
| 楣 | méi | 3 | 12:7 | 门楣 mén méi |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 1 | 12:22 | |
| 掳 | lǔ | 2 | 12:29 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 骸 | hái | 2 | 13:19 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
| 垣 | yuán | 2 | 14:22 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 鹌 | ān | 1 | 16:13 | 鹌鹑 ān chún |
| 鹑 | chún | 1 | 16:13 | 鹌鹑 ān chún |
| 芫 | yán | 1 | 16:31 | 芫荽 yán sui |
| 荽 | sui | 1 | 16:31 | 芫荽 yán sui |
| 磐 | pán | 5 | 17:6 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 荚 | jiá | 26 | 25:5 | 皂荚 zào jiá; 皂荚树 zào jiá shù |
| 杈 | chā | 5 | 25:32 | |
| 幔 | màn | 56 | 26:1 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 榫 | sǔn | 6 | 26:17 | |
| 闩 | shuān | 17 | 26:26 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 锸 | chā | 2 | 27:3 | |
| 橛 | jué | 9 | 27:19 | |
| 冕 | miǎn | 7 | 28:4 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 玺 | xǐ | 2 | 28:17 | 红璧玺 hóng bì xǐ |
| 铠 | kǎi | 2 | 28:32 | 铠甲 kǎi jiǎ |
| 裔 | yì | 6 | 28:43 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 犊 | dú | 8 | 29:1 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 濯 | zhuó | 13 | 30:18 | 洗濯 xǐ zhuó |
| 菖 | chāng | 1 | 30:23 | 菖蒲 chāng pú |
| 钏 | chuàn | 1 | 35:22 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)(303)
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