The hard characters of Proverbs
Proverbs uses 50 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 306 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 箴 | zhēn | 7 | 1:1 | 箴言 zhēn yán |
| 耶 | yē | 93 | 1:7 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 囫 | hú | 1 | 1:12 | 囫囵 hú lún |
| 囵 | lún | 1 | 1:12 | 囫囵 hú lún |
| 掳 | lǔ | 2 | 1:13 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 亵 | xiè | 17 | 1:22 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 嗤 | chī | 1 | 1:26 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 虔 | qián | 2 | 2:8 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 诅 | zǔ | 8 | 3:33 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 诮 | qiào | 3 | 3:34 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 冕 | miǎn | 7 | 4:9 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 麀 | yōu | 1 | 5:19 | |
| 谄 | chǎn | 6 | 6:24 | 谄媚 chǎn mèi |
| 搋 | chuāi | 2 | 6:27 | |
| 棂 | líng | 1 | 7:6 | 窗棂 chuāng líng |
| 薰 | xūn | 2 | 7:17 | |
| 榻 | tà | 1 | 7:17 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 戮 | lù | 1 | 7:26 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 亘 | gèn | 1 | 8:23 | 亘古 gèn gǔ |
| 穹 | qióng | 1 | 8:28 | 穹苍 qióng cāng |
| 筵 | yán | 3 | 9:2 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 祉 | zhǐ | 1 | 10:6 | 福祉 fú zhǐ |
| 谗 | chán | 3 | 10:18 | 谗言 chán yán |
| 裔 | yì | 1 | 11:21 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 戾 | lì | 1 | 15:1 | 暴戾 bào lì |
| 笆 | ba | 1 | 15:19 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 崽 | zǎi | 1 | 17:12 | 崽子 zǎi zi |
| 徇 | xùn | 1 | 18:5 | 徇情 xùn qíng |
| 掣 | chè | 1 | 18:18 | |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 18:19 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 汲 | jí | 1 | 20:5 | 汲沦溪 jí lún xī; 汲引 jí yǐn |
| 碡 | zhou | 1 | 20:26 | 碌碡 liù zhou |
| 陇 | lǒng | 1 | 21:1 | |
| 阱 | jǐng | 1 | 23:27 | |
| 桅 | wéi | 1 | 23:34 | 桅杆 wéi gān |
| 坍 | tān | 1 | 24:31 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 滓 | zǐ | 1 | 25:4 | 渣滓 zhā zǐ |
| 觐 | jìn | 1 | 25:7 | 觐见 jìn jiàn |
| 槌 | chuí | 1 | 25:18 | |
| 硷 | jiǎn | 1 | 25:20 | |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 25:28 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 辔 | pèi | 1 | 26:3 | 辔头 pèi tóu |
| 杵 | chǔ | 1 | 27:22 | |
| 婢 | bì | 3 | 27:27 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 28:13 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 佯 | yáng | 1 | 28:27 | |
| 珥 | ěr | 1 | 30:1 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 30:9 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 蟥 | huáng | 1 | 30:15 | 蚂蟥 mǎ huáng |
| 磐 | pán | 2 | 30:19 | 磐石 pán shí |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（306）
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