The hard characters of Nehemiah
Nehemiah uses 32 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 180 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 | 41 | 1:1 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 掳 | lǔ | 6 | 1:2 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 耶 | yē | 102 | 1:2 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 亨 | hēng | 2 | 1:11 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 诏 | zhào | 3 | 2:7 | 诏书 zhào shū; 下诏 xià zhào |
| 扪 | mén | 6 | 2:10 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 胄 | zhòu | 9 | 2:16 | 贵胄 guì zhòu |
| 嗤 | chī | 2 | 2:19 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 楠 | nán | 3 | 3:1 | 阿珥楠 ā ěr nán; 哈楠业楼 hā nán yè lóu |
| 闩 | shuān | 6 | 3:3 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 玳 | dài | 1 | 3:6 | 黑玳 hēi dài |
| 珥 | ěr | 7 | 3:9 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 3:15 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 夙 | sù | 1 | 3:16 | |
| 毗 | pí | 15 | 3:25 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 斐 | fěi | 4 | 3:26 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 跐 | cī | 1 | 4:3 | |
| 铠 | kǎi | 1 | 4:16 | 铠甲 kǎi jiǎ |
| 婢 | bì | 3 | 5:5 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 俸 | fèng | 2 | 5:14 | 常俸 cháng fèng; 俸禄 fèng lù |
| 裔 | yì | 7 | 7:11 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 陀 | tuó | 2 | 7:26 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 篾 | miè | 6 | 7:43 | 甲篾 jiǎ miè; 亚拉篾 yà lā miè |
| 朔 | shuò | 4 | 7:45 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 柯 | kē | 1 | 7:55 | |
| 磐 | pán | 1 | 9:15 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 9:18 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 燔 | fán | 1 | 10:33 | |
| 掣 | chè | 2 | 10:34 | |
| 恺 | kǎi | 1 | 12:15 | |
| 钹 | bó | 1 | 12:27 | |
| 诅 | zǔ | 3 | 13:2 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（180）
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