The hard characters of Lamentations
Lamentations uses 19 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 138 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 1:5 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 耶 | yē | 45 | 1:5 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 掳 | lǔ | 4 | 1:5 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 嗤 | chī | 3 | 1:7 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 轭 | è | 3 | 1:14 | |
| 踹 | chuài | 2 | 1:15 | |
| 坍 | tān | 1 | 2:2 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 戮 | lù | 3 | 2:4 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 2:7 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 2:9 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 笆 | ba | 1 | 3:7 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 腑 | fǔ | 1 | 3:13 | 肺腑 fèi fǔ; 脏腑 zàng fǔ |
| 碜 | chěn | 1 | 3:16 | |
| 滓 | zǐ | 1 | 3:45 | 渣滓 zhā zǐ |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 3:65 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 擘 | bò | 1 | 4:4 | 擘开 bò kāi |
| 胄 | zhòu | 1 | 4:7 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 槁 | gǎo | 1 | 4:8 | 枯槁 kū gǎo; 槁木 gǎo mù |
| 冕 | miǎn | 1 | 5:16 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（138）
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