The hard characters of Job
Job uses 74 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 367 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 婢 | bì | 2 | 1:3 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 筵 | yán | 2 | 1:4 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 燔 | fán | 2 | 1:5 | |
| 耶 | yē | 29 | 1:6 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 笆 | ba | 2 | 1:10 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 掳 | lǔ | 5 | 1:15 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 迦 | jiā | 3 | 1:17 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 嗳 | ài | 1 | 2:10 | |
| 幔 | màn | 6 | 2:11 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 诅 | zǔ | 6 | 3:1 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 邱 | qiū | 1 | 3:14 | |
| 蠹 | dù | 1 | 4:19 | 蠹虫 dù chóng |
| 馑 | jǐn | 1 | 5:22 | |
| 嬉 | xī | 1 | 5:22 | 嬉笑 xī xiào |
| 裔 | yì | 1 | 5:25 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 涸 | hé | 2 | 6:17 | 干涸 gān hé |
| 拈 | niān | 1 | 6:27 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 1 | 6:27 | |
| 榻 | tà | 2 | 7:13 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 噎 | yē | 1 | 7:15 | 噎死 yē sǐ |
| 荻 | dí | 1 | 8:11 | 芦荻 lú dí |
| 槁 | gǎo | 1 | 8:12 | 枯槁 kū gǎo; 槁木 gǎo mù |
| 虔 | qián | 10 | 8:13 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 亨 | hēng | 4 | 9:4 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 昴 | mǎo | 2 | 9:9 | |
| 硷 | jiǎn | 1 | 9:30 | |
| 抟 | tuán | 2 | 10:9 | |
| 沌 | dùn | 1 | 10:22 | 混沌 hùn dùn |
| 徇 | xùn | 3 | 13:8 | 徇情 xùn qíng |
| 箴 | zhēn | 2 | 13:12 | 箴言 zhēn yán |
| 缄 | jiān | 2 | 13:19 | 缄默 jiān mò |
| 愆 | qiān | 1 | 13:23 | 罪愆 zuì qiān |
| 磐 | pán | 6 | 14:18 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 劬 | qú | 1 | 15:20 | |
| 腑 | fǔ | 1 | 16:13 | 肺腑 fèi fǔ; 脏腑 zàng fǔ |
| 诮 | qiào | 2 | 16:20 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 闩 | shuān | 2 | 17:16 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 羁 | jī | 1 | 18:10 | 羁绊 jī bàn |
| 磺 | huáng | 1 | 18:15 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 冕 | miǎn | 3 | 19:9 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 镌 | juān | 1 | 19:24 | 镌刻 juān kè |
| 亘 | gèn | 1 | 20:4 | 亘古 gèn gǔ |
| 虺 | huī | 2 | 20:14 | |
| 蝮 | fù | 1 | 20:16 | 蝮蛇 fù shé |
| 嗤 | chī | 6 | 21:3 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 孳 | zī | 1 | 21:10 | 孳生 zī shēng |
| 犊 | dú | 2 | 21:10 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 秕 | bǐ | 1 | 21:18 | 糠秕 kāng bǐ |
| 茔 | yíng | 1 | 21:32 | 坟茔 fén yíng |
| 穹 | qióng | 5 | 22:14 | 穹苍 qióng cāng |
| 斐 | fěi | 2 | 22:24 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 蛆 | qū | 1 | 25:6 | |
| 殓 | liàn | 1 | 27:19 | |
| 叱 | chì | 1 | 27:23 | 叱喝 chì hè |
| 翳 | yì | 2 | 28:3 | |
| 鸷 | zhì | 1 | 28:7 | |
| 瑚 | hú | 1 | 28:18 | 珊瑚 shān hú |
| 玺 | xǐ | 1 | 28:19 | 红璧玺 hóng bì xǐ |
| 辔 | pèi | 1 | 30:11 | 辔头 pèi tóu |
| 蒺 | jí | 1 | 31:40 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 1 | 31:40 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 嘘 | xū | 1 | 37:10 | 吹嘘 chuī xū |
| 搧 | shān | 1 | 39:13 | |
| 翎 | líng | 1 | 39:13 | 翎毛 líng máo |
| 踹 | chuài | 1 | 39:15 | |
| 挓 | zhā | 1 | 39:19 | |
| 挲 | sā | 1 | 39:19 | |
| 鬃 | zōng | 1 | 39:19 | |
| 铮 | zhēng | 2 | 39:23 | |
| 咂 | zā | 1 | 39:30 | |
| 骼 | gé | 1 | 41:12 | 骨骼 gǔ gé |
| 嚏 | tì | 1 | 41:18 | 喷嚏 pēn tì; 打喷嚏 dǎ pēn tì |
| 迸 | bèng | 1 | 41:19 | |
| 飕 | sōu | 1 | 41:29 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（367）
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