The hard characters of Numbers
Numbers uses 55 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 267 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 | 417 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 谕 | yù | 52 | 1:1 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 珥 | ěr | 49 | 1:5 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 蓿 | xu | 10 | 1:5 | |
| 迦 | jiā | 78 | 1:8 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 纛 | dào | 13 | 1:52 | |
| 闩 | shuān | 2 | 3:36 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 橛 | jué | 2 | 3:37 | |
| 幔 | màn | 7 | 4:5 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 锸 | chā | 1 | 4:14 | |
| 诅 | zǔ | 24 | 5:18 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 绺 | liǔ | 1 | 6:5 | 发绺 fà liǔ |
| 鸠 | jiū | 1 | 6:10 | 斑鸠 bān jiū; 伊壁鸠鲁 yī bì jiū lǔ |
| 燔 | fán | 55 | 6:11 | |
| 愆 | qiān | 2 | 6:12 | 罪愆 zuì qiān |
| 盂 | yú | 15 | 7:14 | |
| 犊 | dú | 22 | 7:15 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 朔 | shuò | 4 | 10:10 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 芫 | yán | 1 | 11:7 | 芫荽 yán sui |
| 荽 | sui | 1 | 11:7 | 芫荽 yán sui |
| 鹌 | ān | 2 | 11:31 | 鹌鹑 ān chún |
| 鹑 | chún | 2 | 11:31 | 鹌鹑 ān chún |
| 孚 | fú | 8 | 13:6 | 基尼洗族耶孚 jī ní xǐ zú yē fú; 鲁孚 lǔ fú |
| 稣 | sū | 1 | 13:11 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 瘠 | jí | 1 | 13:20 | 瘠薄 jí bó |
| 衲 | nà | 3 | 13:22 | 亚衲族 yà nà zú |
| 挞 | tà | 1 | 13:22 | |
| 裔 | yì | 7 | 13:33 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 蚱 | zha / zhà | 1 | 13:33 | 蚂蚱 mà zha; 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 蜢 | měng | 1 | 13:33 | 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 掳 | lǔ | 13 | 14:3 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 亵 | xiè | 2 | 15:30 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 2 | 15:30 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 坍 | tān | 8 | 16:1 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 剜 | wān | 1 | 16:14 | |
| 轭 | è | 1 | 19:2 | |
| 蘸 | zhàn | 2 | 19:4 | |
| 磐 | pán | 5 | 20:8 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 圭 | guī | 1 | 21:18 | |
| 毗 | pí | 9 | 21:20 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 扪 | mén | 2 | 21:24 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 邱 | qiū | 2 | 21:28 | |
| 腓 | féi | 1 | 23:14 | 腓力 féi lì; 腓力斯 féi lì sī |
| 陀 | tuó | 2 | 26:23 | 尼陀法 ní tuó fǎ; 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè |
| 曷 | hé | 5 | 26:33 | 曷拉 hé lā; 西曷 xī hé |
| 韦 | wéi | 2 | 26:44 | 亦施韦 yì shī wéi |
| 拈 | niān | 7 | 26:55 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 6 | 26:55 | |
| 镯 | zhuó | 1 | 31:50 | 镯子 zhuó zi; 手镯 shǒu zhuó |
| 钏 | chuàn | 1 | 31:50 | |
| 睚 | yá | 2 | 32:41 | 睚珥 yá ěr; 睚鲁 yá lǔ |
| 倭 | wō | 1 | 32:41 | 哈倭特 hā wō tè |
| 斐 | fěi | 3 | 33:23 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 錾 | zàn | 1 | 33:52 | |
| 禧 | xǐ | 1 | 36:4 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（267）
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