The hard characters of Ezra
Ezra uses 21 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 135 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 | 113 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 诏 | zhào | 1 | 1:1 | 诏书 zhào shū; 下诏 xià zhào |
| 掳 | lǔ | 17 | 1:11 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 裔 | yì | 8 | 2:6 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 珥 | ěr | 5 | 2:20 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 陀 | tuó | 1 | 2:22 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 迦 | jiā | 21 | 2:26 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 篾 | miè | 2 | 2:40 | 甲篾 jiǎ miè; 亚拉篾 yà lā miè |
| 朔 | shuò | 2 | 2:42 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 柯 | kē | 2 | 2:53 | |
| 斐 | fěi | 3 | 2:55 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 婢 | bì | 1 | 2:65 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 燔 | fán | 7 | 3:2 | |
| 钹 | bó | 1 | 3:10 | |
| 毗 | pí | 2 | 4:9 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 谕 | yù | 7 | 4:17 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 亨 | hēng | 2 | 5:8 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 6:9 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 扪 | mén | 1 | 9:1 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 9:9 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 玳 | dài | 2 | 10:34 | 黑玳 hēi dài |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（135）
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