The hard characters of Hebrews
Hebrews uses 19 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 159 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 谕 | yù | 2 | 1:1 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 冕 | miǎn | 2 | 2:7 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 耶 | yē | 20 | 2:9 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 17 | 2:9 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 裔 | yì | 2 | 2:16 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 虔 | qián | 2 | 5:7 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 蒺 | jí | 1 | 6:8 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 1 | 6:8 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 6:8 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 幔 | màn | 5 | 6:19 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 掳 | lǔ | 1 | 7:4 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 瑕 | xiá | 2 | 8:7 | 瑕疵 xiá cī; 无瑕 wú xiá |
| 疵 | cī | 2 | 8:7 | 瑕疵 xiá cī |
| 愆 | qiān | 2 | 8:12 | 罪愆 zuì qiān |
| 濯 | zhuó | 1 | 9:10 | 洗濯 xǐ zhuó |
| 犊 | dú | 3 | 9:12 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 燔 | fán | 2 | 10:6 | |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 10:29 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 骸 | hái | 1 | 11:22 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（159）
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