The hard characters of Joshua
Joshua uses 30 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 198 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 | 304 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 谕 | yù | 6 | 1:1 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 1:8 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 迦 | jiā | 101 | 1:12 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 缒 | zhuì | 2 | 2:15 | |
| 诅 | zǔ | 6 | 6:18 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 燔 | fán | 6 | 8:31 | |
| 毗 | pí | 6 | 10:3 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 矶 | jī | 9 | 10:3 | 伊矶伦 yī jī lún; 米矶 mǐ jī |
| 珥 | ěr | 36 | 10:13 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 衲 | nà | 7 | 11:21 | 亚衲族 yà nà zú |
| 扪 | mén | 3 | 12:2 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 曷 | hé | 6 | 13:3 | 曷拉 hé lā; 西曷 xī hé |
| 拈 | niān | 22 | 13:6 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 29 | 13:6 | |
| 睚 | yá | 1 | 13:30 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 孚 | fú | 5 | 14:6 | 基尼洗族耶孚 jī ní xǐ zú yē fú; 鲁孚 lǔ fú |
| 汊 | chà | 3 | 15:2 | 分汊 fēn chà; 河汊 hé chà |
| 磐 | pán | 2 | 15:6 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 幔 | màn | 2 | 15:14 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 挞 | tà | 1 | 15:14 | |
| 陀 | tuó | 1 | 15:17 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 楠 | nán | 3 | 15:23 | 阿珥楠 ā ěr nán; 哈楠业楼 hā nán yè lóu |
| 忻 | xīn | 1 | 15:32 | |
| 衮 | gǔn | 2 | 15:41 | 大衮 dà gǔn |
| 夙 | sù | 1 | 15:58 | |
| 篾 | miè | 1 | 19:21 | 甲篾 jiǎ miè; 亚拉篾 yà lā miè |
| 纶 | lún | 1 | 19:27 | |
| 琏 | liǎn | 1 | 19:38 | |
| 骸 | hái | 1 | 24:32 | 骸骨 hái gǔ; 尸骸 shī hái |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（198）
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