The hard characters of Revelation
Revelation uses 24 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 193 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 | 18 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 14 | 1:1 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 谕 | yù | 1 | 1:1 | 晓谕 xiǎo yù; 谕旨 yù zhǐ |
| 戛 | jiá | 3 | 1:8 | |
| 迦 | jiā | 5 | 1:11 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 狄 | dí | 3 | 1:11 | 撒狄 sā dí |
| 冕 | miǎn | 11 | 2:10 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 腑 | fǔ | 1 | 2:23 | 肺腑 fèi fǔ; 脏腑 zàng fǔ |
| 犊 | dú | 1 | 4:7 | 牛犊 niú dú |
| 螫 | shì | 1 | 9:5 | |
| 磺 | huáng | 7 | 9:17 | 硫磺 liú huáng |
| 亵 | xiè | 8 | 13:1 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 8 | 13:1 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 掳 | lǔ | 2 | 13:10 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 瑕 | xiá | 1 | 14:5 | 瑕疵 xiá cī; 无瑕 wú xiá |
| 疵 | cī | 1 | 14:5 | 瑕疵 xiá cī |
| 踹 | chuài | 2 | 14:20 | |
| 蔻 | kòu | 1 | 18:13 | 豆蔻 dòu kòu |
| 馐 | xiū | 1 | 18:14 | 珍馐美味 zhēn xiū měi wèi |
| 筵 | yán | 2 | 19:9 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 玺 | xǐ | 2 | 21:20 | 红璧玺 hóng bì xǐ |
| 翡 | fěi | 1 | 21:20 | 翡翠 fěi cuì |
| 诅 | zǔ | 1 | 22:3 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 裔 | yì | 1 | 22:16 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（193）
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