The hard characters of Malachi
Malachi uses 10 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 61 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 | 50 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 亵 | xiè | 2 | 1:12 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 2 | 1:12 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 1:13 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 诅 | zǔ | 6 | 1:14 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 徇 | xùn | 1 | 2:9 | 徇情 xùn qíng |
| 虔 | qián | 1 | 2:15 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 裔 | yì | 1 | 2:15 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 硷 | jiǎn | 1 | 3:2 | |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 4:2 | 牛犊 niú dú |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（61）
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