The hard characters of Romans
Romans uses 15 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 155 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 | 46 | 1:1 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 稣 | sū | 40 | 1:1 | 耶稣 yē sū; 耶稣基督 yē sū jī dū |
| 裔 | yì | 8 | 1:3 | 后裔 hòu yì; 苗裔 miáo yì |
| 虔 | qián | 1 | 1:18 | 虔诚 qián chéng; 敬虔 jìng qián |
| 诿 | wěi | 2 | 1:20 | 推诿 tuī wěi |
| 谗 | chán | 1 | 1:30 | 谗言 chán yán |
| 亵 | xiè | 1 | 2:24 | 亵渎 xiè dú; 亵慢 xiè màn |
| 渎 | dú | 1 | 2:24 | 亵渎 xiè dú |
| 虺 | huī | 1 | 3:13 | |
| 嗣 | sì | 5 | 4:14 | 后嗣 hòu sì |
| 掳 | lǔ | 1 | 7:23 | 掳掠 lǔ lüè |
| 诅 | zǔ | 2 | 9:3 | 咒诅 zhòu zǔ |
| 磐 | pán | 1 | 9:33 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 筵 | yán | 1 | 11:9 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 孚 | fú | 1 | 16:13 | 基尼洗族耶孚 jī ní xǐ zú yē fú; 鲁孚 lǔ fú |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（155）
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