The hard characters of Micah
Micah uses 22 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 142 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 | 4 | 1:1 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 耶 | yē | 53 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 邱 | qiū | 1 | 1:5 | |
| 斐 | fěi | 1 | 1:11 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 掳 | lǔ | 1 | 1:16 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 拈 | niān | 1 | 2:5 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 1 | 2:5 | |
| 釜 | fǔ | 1 | 3:3 | |
| 劬 | qú | 1 | 4:10 | |
| 踹 | chuài | 3 | 4:13 | |
| 亘 | gèn | 1 | 5:2 | 亘古 gèn gǔ |
| 霖 | lín | 1 | 5:7 | |
| 珥 | ěr | 1 | 6:5 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 6:6 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 燔 | fán | 1 | 6:6 | |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 6:16 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 虔 | qián | 1 | 7:2 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 徇 | xùn | 1 | 7:3 | 徇情 xùn qíng |
| 蒺 | jí | 1 | 7:4 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 藜 | li | 1 | 7:4 | 蒺藜 jí li |
| 笆 | ba | 1 | 7:4 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 7:11 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（142）
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