The hard characters of Psalms
Psalms uses 74 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 442 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 亵 | xiè | 5 | 1:1 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 耶 | yē | 768 | 1:2 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 秕 | bǐ | 1 | 1:4 | 糠秕 kāng bǐ |
| 嗤 | chī | 5 | 2:4 | 嗤笑 chī xiào; 嗤之以鼻 chī zhī yǐ bí |
| 虔 | qián | 5 | 4:3 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 谄 | chǎn | 2 | 5:9 | 谄媚 chǎn mèi |
| 榻 | tà | 4 | 6:6 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 腑 | fǔ | 4 | 7:9 | 肺腑 fèi fǔ; 脏腑 zàng fǔ |
| 劬 | qú | 1 | 7:14 | |
| 阱 | jǐng | 1 | 7:15 | |
| 冕 | miǎn | 6 | 8:5 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 掳 | lǔ | 12 | 10:9 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 磺 | huáng | 1 | 11:6 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 谗 | chán | 4 | 15:3 | 谗言 chán yán |
| 磐 | pán | 28 | 18:2 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 垣 | yuán | 1 | 18:29 | 墙垣 qiáng yuán |
| 裔 | yì | 17 | 18:50 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 穹 | qióng | 7 | 19:1 | 穹苍 qióng cāng |
| 燔 | fán | 8 | 20:3 | |
| 旌 | jīng | 2 | 20:5 | 旌旗 jīng qí |
| 拈 | niān | 1 | 22:18 | |
| 阄 | jiū | 1 | 22:18 | |
| 筵 | yán | 3 | 23:5 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 亘 | gèn | 6 | 25:6 | 亘古 gèn gǔ |
| 愆 | qiān | 3 | 25:7 | 罪愆 zuì qiān |
| 缄 | jiān | 2 | 28:1 | 缄默 jiān mò |
| 犊 | dú | 4 | 29:6 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 辔 | pèi | 1 | 32:9 | 辔头 pèi tóu |
| 嬉 | xī | 1 | 35:16 | 嬉笑 xī xiào |
| 鞘 | qiào | 1 | 37:14 | 出鞘 chū qiào |
| 诅 | zǔ | 3 | 37:22 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 斐 | fěi | 1 | 45:9 | 陀斐特 tuó fěi tè; 迦斐托 jiā fěi tuō |
| 匉 | pēng | 1 | 46:3 | |
| 訇 | hōng | 1 | 46:3 | |
| 汊 | chà | 2 | 46:4 | 分汊 fēn chà; 河汊 hé chà |
| 虺 | huī | 3 | 58:4 | |
| 霖 | lín | 2 | 65:10 | |
| 翎 | líng | 2 | 68:13 | 翎毛 líng máo |
| 辇 | niǎn | 2 | 68:17 | |
| 踹 | chuài | 3 | 68:23 | |
| 叱 | chì | 1 | 68:30 | 叱喝 chì hè |
| 渎 | dú | 4 | 73:9 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 鸠 | jiū | 1 | 74:19 | 斑鸠 bān jiū; 伊壁鸠鲁 yī bì jiū lǔ |
| 滓 | zǐ | 2 | 75:8 | 渣滓 zhā zǐ |
| 扪 | mén | 2 | 77:6 | 亚扪 yà mén; 扪心自问 mén xīn zì wèn |
| 嘬 | zuō | 1 | 78:45 | |
| 蚱 | zha / zhà | 2 | 78:46 | 蚂蚱 mà zha; 蚱蜢 zhà měng |
| 邱 | qiū | 1 | 78:58 | |
| 笆 | ba | 2 | 80:12 | 篱笆 lí ba |
| 朔 | shuò | 1 | 81:3 | 月朔 yuè shuò; 朔巴 shuò bā |
| 徇 | xùn | 1 | 82:2 | 徇情 xùn qíng |
| 迦 | jiā | 4 | 83:7 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 珥 | ěr | 2 | 83:10 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 婢 | bì | 2 | 86:16 | 婢女 bì nǚ; 奴婢 nú bì |
| 谕 | yù | 1 | 89:19 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 矜 | jīn | 1 | 90:10 | |
| 鹈 | tí | 1 | 102:6 | 鹈鹕 tí hú |
| 鹕 | hú | 1 | 102:6 | 鹈鹕 tí hú |
| 鸮 | xiāo | 1 | 102:6 | |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 104:2 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 镣 | liào | 2 | 105:18 | 脚镣 jiǎo liào; 镣锁 liào suǒ |
| 虱 | shī | 1 | 105:31 | 虱子 shī zi |
| 鹌 | ān | 1 | 105:40 | 鹌鹑 ān chún |
| 鹑 | chún | 1 | 105:40 | 鹌鹑 ān chún |
| 坍 | tān | 1 | 106:17 | 约坍 yuē tān; 坍塌 tān tā |
| 毗 | pí | 1 | 106:28 | 毗珥 pí ěr; 毗大雅 pí dà yǎ |
| 闩 | shuān | 2 | 107:16 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 硷 | jiǎn | 1 | 107:34 | |
| 亨 | hēng | 1 | 118:25 | 亨通 hēng tōng; 万事亨通 wàn shì hēng tōng |
| 薰 | xūn | 1 | 119:83 | |
| 诮 | qiào | 1 | 123:4 | 讥诮 jī qiào |
| 戮 | lù | 4 | 135:10 | 杀戮 shā lù |
| 孳 | zī | 1 | 144:13 | 孳生 zī shēng |
| 钹 | bó | 2 | 150:5 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（442）
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