The hard characters of Matthew
Matthew uses 41 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 310 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 裔 | yì | 1 | 1:1 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 耶 | yē | 311 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 289 | 1:1 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 咷 | táo | 1 | 2:18 | 号咷 háo táo |
| 迦 | jiā | 6 | 4:13 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 癫 | diān | 2 | 4:24 | 癫狂 diān kuáng; 疯癫 fēng diān |
| 痫 | xián | 2 | 4:24 | 癫痫 diān xián |
| 恸 | tòng | 2 | 5:4 | 哀恸 āi tòng |
| 剜 | wān | 2 | 5:29 | |
| 攒 | zǎn | 2 | 6:19 | 积攒 jī zǎn |
| 蒺 | jí | 1 | 7:16 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 1 | 7:16 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 磐 | pán | 5 | 7:24 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 茔 | yíng | 1 | 8:28 | 坟茔 fén yíng |
| 僭 | jiàn | 3 | 9:3 | |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 9:24 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 腓 | féi | 4 | 10:3 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 轭 | è | 2 | 11:29 | |
| 亵 | xiè | 2 | 12:31 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 2 | 12:31 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 稗 | bài | 9 | 13:25 | 稗子 bài zǐ |
| 薅 | hāo | 4 | 13:28 | |
| 擘 | bò | 3 | 14:19 | 擘开 bò kāi |
| 嗳 | ài | 1 | 17:17 | |
| 阉 | yān | 3 | 19:12 | 阉割 yān gē; 阉人 yān rén |
| 娼 | chāng | 2 | 21:31 | 娼妓 chāng jì |
| 笆 | ba | 1 | 21:33 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 筵 | yán | 7 | 22:2 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 徇 | xùn | 1 | 22:16 | 徇情 xùn qíng |
| 茴 | huí | 1 | 23:23 | 大茴香 dà huí xiāng; 茴香 huí xiāng |
| 蠓 | měng | 1 | 23:24 | 蠓虫 měng chóng |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 25:41 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 2 | 26:23 | |
| 鞘 | qiào | 1 | 26:52 | 出鞘 chū qiào |
| 冕 | miǎn | 1 | 27:29 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 髑 | dú | 1 | 27:33 | 髑髅 dú lóu |
| 髅 | lóu | 1 | 27:33 | 髑髅 dú lóu |
| 拈 | niān | 1 | 27:35 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 1 | 27:35 | |
| 诮 | qiào | 2 | 27:39 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 27:51 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（310）
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