The hard characters of Luke
Luke uses 50 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 320 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 迦 | jiā | 16 | 1:5 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 莎 | shā | 10 | 1:5 | 伊利莎白 yī lì shā bái |
| 掣 | chè | 1 | 1:9 | |
| 诧 | chà | 4 | 1:21 | 诧异 chà yì |
| 耶 | yē | 389 | 1:31 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 351 | 1:31 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 裔 | yì | 2 | 1:55 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 鸠 | jiū | 1 | 2:24 | 斑鸠 bān jiū; 伊壁鸠鲁 yī bì jiū lǔ |
| 虔 | qián | 1 | 2:25 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 腓 | féi | 3 | 3:1 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 珥 | ěr | 2 | 3:28 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 掳 | lǔ | 2 | 4:18 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 禧 | xǐ | 1 | 4:19 | |
| 缦 | màn | 1 | 4:27 | 乃缦 nǎi màn |
| 缒 | zhuì | 1 | 5:19 | |
| 僭 | jiàn | 1 | 5:21 | |
| 筵 | yán | 12 | 5:29 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 恸 | tòng | 1 | 6:25 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 6:28 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 蒺 | jí | 1 | 6:44 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 1 | 6:44 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 磐 | pán | 4 | 6:48 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 殡 | bìn | 1 | 7:12 | 送殡 sòng bìn; 殡葬 bìn zàng |
| 茔 | yíng | 1 | 8:27 | 坟茔 fén yíng |
| 镣 | liào | 1 | 8:29 | 脚镣 jiǎo liào; 镣锁 liào suǒ |
| 睚 | yá | 1 | 8:41 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 嗤 | chī | 3 | 8:53 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 擘 | bò | 4 | 9:16 | 擘开 bò kāi |
| 嗳 | ài | 1 | 9:41 | |
| 黏 | nián | 1 | 10:11 | 黏住 nián zhù |
| 窨 | xūn | 1 | 11:33 | 地窨子 dì xūn zǐ |
| 芸 | yún | 1 | 11:42 | 芸香 yún xiāng |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 12:10 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 12:10 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 臌 | gǔ | 1 | 14:2 | |
| 笆 | ba | 1 | 14:23 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 荚 | jiá | 1 | 15:16 | 皂荚 zào jiá; 皂荚树 zào jiá shù |
| 犊 | dú | 3 | 15:23 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 娼 | chāng | 1 | 15:30 | 娼妓 chāng jì |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 1 | 16:24 | |
| 磺 | huáng | 1 | 17:29 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 胄 | zhòu | 1 | 19:12 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 锭 | dìng | 9 | 19:13 | |
| 咷 | táo | 1 | 23:27 | 号咷 háo táo |
| 髑 | dú | 1 | 23:33 | 髑髅 dú lóu |
| 髅 | lóu | 1 | 23:33 | 髑髅 dú lóu |
| 拈 | niān | 1 | 23:34 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 1 | 23:34 | |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 23:45 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 忤 | wǔ | 1 | 24:13 | 忤逆 wǔ nì |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（320）
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