The hard characters of Judges
Judges uses 42 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 248 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 | 238 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 迦 | jiā | 81 | 1:1 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 拈 | niān | 2 | 1:3 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 2 | 1:3 | |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 1:10 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 挞 | tà | 1 | 1:10 | |
| 陀 | tuó | 7 | 1:13 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 珥 | ěr | 11 | 1:17 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 衲 | nà | 1 | 1:20 | 亚衲族 yà nà zú |
| 柯 | kē | 1 | 1:31 | |
| 矶 | jī | 6 | 3:12 | 伊矶伦 yī jī lún; 米矶 mǐ jī |
| 扪 | mén | 27 | 3:13 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 笏 | hù | 11 | 3:15 | |
| 裔 | yì | 2 | 4:11 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 橛 | jué | 6 | 4:21 | |
| 掳 | lǔ | 5 | 5:12 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 胄 | zhòu | 1 | 5:13 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 拚 | pàn | 2 | 5:18 | 拚命 pàn mìng |
| 诅 | zǔ | 6 | 5:23 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 祉 | zhǐ | 1 | 5:24 | 福祉 fú zhǐ |
| 棂 | líng | 1 | 5:28 | 窗棂 chuāng líng |
| 磐 | pán | 13 | 6:20 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 觌 | dí | 1 | 6:22 | |
| 燔 | fán | 6 | 6:26 | |
| 枳 | zhǐ | 2 | 8:7 | |
| 毗 | pí | 4 | 8:8 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 诮 | qiào | 1 | 8:15 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 妾 | qiè | 12 | 8:31 | 妻妾 qī qiè |
| 婢 | bì | 1 | 9:18 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 踹 | chuài | 1 | 9:27 | |
| 筵 | yán | 4 | 9:27 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 睚 | yá | 3 | 10:3 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 倭 | wō | 1 | 10:4 | 哈倭特 hā wō tè |
| 诓 | kuāng | 2 | 14:15 | |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 14:18 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 16:3 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 绺 | liǔ | 3 | 16:13 | 发绺 fà liǔ |
| 剜 | wān | 2 | 16:21 | |
| 衮 | gǔn | 1 | 16:23 | 大衮 dà gǔn |
| 舜 | shùn | 1 | 18:30 | |
| 掣 | chè | 1 | 20:9 | |
| 戮 | lù | 1 | 21:11 | 杀戮 shā lù |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（248）
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