The hard characters of Genesis
Genesis uses 54 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 330 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 沌 | dùn | 1 | 1:2 | 混沌 hùn dùn |
| 耶 | yē | 173 | 2:4 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 腓 | féi | 4 | 2:11 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 诅 | zǔ | 13 | 3:14 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 裔 | yì | 45 | 3:15 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 蒺 | jí | 1 | 3:18 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 1 | 3:18 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 斐 | fěi | 4 | 6:14 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 燔 | fán | 7 | 8:20 | |
| 穑 | sè | 1 | 8:22 | 稼穑 jià sè |
| 谕 | yù | 2 | 9:8 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 迦 | jiā | 94 | 9:18 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 篾 | miè | 2 | 10:2 | 甲篾 jiǎ miè; 亚拉篾 yà lā miè |
| 陀 | tuó | 2 | 10:3 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 坍 | tān | 9 | 10:25 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 珥 | ěr | 33 | 11:28 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 婢 | bì | 9 | 12:16 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 幔 | màn | 18 | 13:18 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 掳 | lǔ | 7 | 14:11 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 嗣 | sì | 3 | 15:3 | 后嗣 hòu sì |
| 鸠 | jiū | 1 | 15:9 | 斑鸠 bān jiū; 伊壁鸠鲁 yī bì jiū lǔ |
| 鸷 | zhì | 1 | 15:11 | |
| 妾 | qiè | 7 | 16:3 | 妻妾 qī qiè |
| 犊 | dú | 2 | 18:7 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 筵 | yán | 6 | 19:3 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 磺 | huáng | 1 | 19:24 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 扪 | mén | 1 | 19:38 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 恸 | tòng | 1 | 23:2 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 镯 | zhuó | 3 | 24:22 | 镯子 zhuó zi; 手镯 shǒu zhuó |
| 轭 | è | 1 | 27:40 | |
| 牝 | pìn | 1 | 30:38 | 牝牡 pìn mǔ |
| 崽 | zǎi | 2 | 32:15 | 崽子 zǎi zi |
| 毗 | pí | 2 | 32:30 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 朔 | shuò | 3 | 36:20 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 膳 | shàn | 8 | 40:1 | |
| 荻 | dí | 2 | 41:2 | 芦荻 lú dí |
| 槁 | gǎo | 1 | 41:23 | 枯槁 kū gǎo; 槁木 gǎo mù |
| 忒 | tè | 1 | 41:45 | 巴忒罗 bā tè luó |
| 粜 | tiào | 2 | 41:56 | |
| 籴 | dí | 13 | 41:57 | |
| 榧 | fěi | 1 | 43:11 | |
| 诧 | chà | 1 | 43:33 | 诧异 chà yì |
| 芸 | yún | 1 | 46:16 | 芸香 yún xiāng |
| 韦 | wéi | 1 | 46:17 | 亦施韦 yì shī wéi |
| 俸 | fèng | 2 | 47:22 | 常俸 cháng fèng; 俸禄 fèng lù |
| 榻 | tà | 1 | 49:4 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 圭 | guī | 1 | 49:10 | |
| 虺 | huī | 1 | 49:17 | |
| 磐 | pán | 1 | 49:24 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 迥 | jiǒng | 1 | 49:26 | |
| 薰 | xūn | 4 | 50:2 | |
| 咷 | táo | 1 | 50:10 | 号咷 háo táo |
| 骸 | hái | 1 | 50:25 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
| 殓 | liàn | 1 | 50:26 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（330）
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