The hard characters of Isaiah
Isaiah uses 106 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 512 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 | 535 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 嗐 | hài | 1 | 1:4 | |
| 燔 | fán | 4 | 1:11 | |
| 朔 | shuò | 4 | 1:13 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 濯 | zhuó | 1 | 1:16 | 洗濯 xǐ zhuó |
| 滓 | zǐ | 2 | 1:22 | 渣滓 zhā zǐ |
| 磐 | pán | 15 | 2:21 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 玎 | dīng | 1 | 3:16 | |
| 珰 | dāng | 1 | 3:16 | |
| 钏 | chuàn | 1 | 3:18 | |
| 镯 | zhuó | 1 | 3:19 | 镯子 zhuó zi; 手镯 shǒu zhuó |
| 笆 | ba | 3 | 5:5 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 垣 | yuán | 2 | 5:5 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 蒺 | jí | 10 | 5:6 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 10 | 5:6 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 珥 | ěr | 18 | 5:10 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 筵 | yán | 5 | 5:12 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 掳 | lǔ | 29 | 5:13 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 咆 | páo | 5 | 5:29 | 咆哮 páo xiào |
| 匉 | pēng | 3 | 5:30 | |
| 訇 | hōng | 3 | 5:30 | |
| 谕 | yù | 3 | 7:10 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 犊 | dú | 5 | 7:21 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 迦 | jiā | 16 | 8:2 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 轭 | è | 8 | 9:4 | |
| 亵 | xiè | 12 | 9:17 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 9 | 9:17 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 搆 | gòu | 3 | 10:10 | |
| 戮 | lù | 10 | 10:26 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 矶 | jī | 1 | 10:28 | 伊矶伦 yī jī lún; 米矶 mǐ jī |
| 辎 | zī | 1 | 10:28 | 辎重 zī zhòng |
| 遁 | dùn | 1 | 10:31 | 逃遁 táo dùn |
| 虺 | huī | 1 | 11:8 | |
| 忒 | tè | 1 | 11:11 | 巴忒罗 bā tè luó |
| 扪 | mén | 1 | 11:14 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 汊 | chà | 1 | 11:15 | 分汊 fēn chà; 河汊 hé chà |
| 胄 | zhòu | 3 | 13:2 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 矜 | jīn | 2 | 13:3 | |
| 斐 | fěi | 2 | 13:12 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 婢 | bì | 2 | 14:2 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 圭 | guī | 1 | 14:5 | |
| 蛆 | qū | 1 | 14:11 | |
| 裔 | yì | 18 | 14:20 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 涸 | hé | 5 | 15:6 | 干涸 gān hé |
| 踹 | chuài | 7 | 16:10 | |
| 枵 | xiāo | 1 | 17:4 | |
| 鸷 | zhì | 3 | 18:6 | |
| 荻 | dí | 1 | 19:6 | 芦荻 lú dí |
| 鞘 | qiào | 1 | 21:15 | 出鞘 chū qiào |
| 曷 | hé | 1 | 23:3 | 曷拉 hé lā; 西曷 xī hé |
| 劬 | qú | 3 | 23:4 | |
| 冕 | miǎn | 6 | 23:8 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 戍 | shù | 2 | 23:13 | |
| 攒 | zǎn | 1 | 23:18 | 积攒 jī zǎn |
| 诅 | zǔ | 4 | 24:6 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 洑 | fú | 2 | 25:11 | |
| 诮 | qiào | 1 | 28:9 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 铊 | tā | 2 | 28:17 | |
| 榻 | tà | 3 | 28:20 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 毗 | pí | 1 | 28:21 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 茴 | huí | 6 | 28:25 | 大茴香 dà huí xiāng; 茴香 huí xiāng |
| 碡 | zhou | 2 | 28:27 | 碌碡 liù zhou |
| 蝮 | fù | 2 | 30:6 | 蝮蛇 fù shé |
| 坍 | tān | 1 | 30:13 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 叱 | chì | 2 | 30:17 | 叱喝 chì hè |
| 杴 | xiān | 1 | 30:24 | |
| 杈 | chā | 1 | 30:24 | |
| 陀 | tuó | 1 | 30:33 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 磺 | huáng | 2 | 30:33 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 搧 | shān | 1 | 31:5 | |
| 啬 | sè | 2 | 32:5 | 吝啬 lìn sè |
| 蚱 | zha / zhà | 1 | 33:4 | 蚂蚱 mà zha; 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 凋 | diāo | 3 | 33:9 | 凋谢 diāo xiè |
| 秕 | bǐ | 2 | 33:11 | 糠秕 kāng bǐ |
| 虔 | qián | 2 | 33:14 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 喃 | nán | 2 | 33:19 | 呢喃 ní nán |
| 橛 | jué | 2 | 33:20 | |
| 橹 | lǔ | 1 | 33:21 | 摇橹 yáo lǔ |
| 桅 | wéi | 1 | 33:23 | 桅杆 wéi gān |
| 鹈 | tí | 1 | 34:11 | 鹈鹕 tí hú |
| 鹕 | hú | 1 | 34:11 | 鹈鹕 tí hú |
| 沌 | dùn | 1 | 34:11 | 混沌 hùn dùn |
| 鹞 | yào | 1 | 34:15 | |
| 拈 | niān | 1 | 34:17 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 1 | 34:17 | |
| 邱 | qiū | 1 | 36:7 | |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 37:22 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 晷 | guǐ | 2 | 38:8 | 日晷 rì guǐ |
| 穹 | qióng | 3 | 40:22 | 穹苍 qióng cāng |
| 幔 | màn | 2 | 40:22 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 砧 | zhēn | 1 | 41:7 | |
| 荚 | jiá | 1 | 41:19 | 皂荚 zào jiá; 皂荚树 zào jiá shù |
| 菖 | chāng | 1 | 43:24 | 菖蒲 chāng pú |
| 柞 | zhà | 1 | 44:14 | |
| 癫 | diān | 1 | 44:25 | 癫狂 diān kuáng; 疯癫 fēng diān |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 45:2 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 抟 | tuán | 1 | 45:9 | |
| 搋 | chuāi | 3 | 46:3 | |
| 亨 | hēng | 3 | 48:15 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 囿 | yòu | 1 | 51:3 | 园囿 yuán yòu |
| 槁 | gǎo | 1 | 52:14 | 枯槁 kū gǎo; 槁木 gǎo mù |
| 嘘 | xū | 1 | 54:16 | 吹嘘 chuī xū |
| 诧 | chà | 2 | 59:16 | 诧异 chà yì |
| 铠 | kǎi | 1 | 59:17 | 铠甲 kǎi jiǎ |
| 旒 | liú | 1 | 62:3 | |
| 辇 | niǎn | 1 | 66:15 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（512）
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