The hard characters of John
John uses 22 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 150 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 | 350 | 1:17 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 337 | 1:17 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 矶 | jī | 2 | 1:42 | 伊矶伦 yī jī lún; 米矶 mǐ jī |
| 腓 | féi | 13 | 1:43 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 迦 | jiā | 9 | 2:1 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 筵 | yán | 6 | 2:1 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 橹 | lǔ | 1 | 6:19 | 摇橹 yáo lǔ |
| 裔 | yì | 2 | 7:42 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 7:49 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 僭 | jiàn | 2 | 10:33 | |
| 哒 | dā | 1 | 12:3 | |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 3 | 13:26 | |
| 诿 | wěi | 1 | 15:22 | 推诿 tuī wěi |
| 汲 | jí | 1 | 18:1 | 汲沦溪 jí lún xī; 汲引 jí yǐn |
| 鞘 | qiào | 1 | 18:11 | 出鞘 chū qiào |
| 冕 | miǎn | 2 | 19:2 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 厄 | è | 1 | 19:13 | |
| 髑 | dú | 1 | 19:17 | 髑髅 dú lóu |
| 髅 | lóu | 1 | 19:17 | 髑髅 dú lóu |
| 拈 | niān | 2 | 19:24 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 2 | 19:24 | |
| 殡 | bìn | 1 | 19:40 | 送殡 sòng bìn; 殡葬 bìn zàng |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（150）
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