The hard characters of Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon uses 24 rare characters (outside the 3,500 common ones) and 96 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 | 10 | 1:5 | 耶和华 yē hé huá; 耶稣 yē sū |
| 幔 | màn | 1 | 1:5 | 幔子 màn zi; 幔利 màn lì |
| 哒 | dā | 3 | 1:12 | |
| 榻 | tà | 1 | 1:16 | 下榻 xià tà |
| 椽 | chuán | 1 | 1:17 | 椽子 chuán zi |
| 筵 | yán | 2 | 2:4 | 筵席 yán xí; 筵宴 yán yàn |
| 蹿 | cuān | 1 | 2:8 | |
| 棂 | líng | 1 | 2:9 | 窗棂 chuāng líng |
| 鸠 | jiū | 1 | 2:12 | 斑鸠 bān jiū; 伊壁鸠鲁 yī bì jiū lǔ |
| 磐 | pán | 1 | 2:14 | 磐石 pán shí |
| 薰 | xūn | 1 | 3:6 | |
| 冕 | miǎn | 1 | 3:11 | 冠冕 guān miǎn |
| 瑕 | xiá | 1 | 4:7 | 瑕疵 xiá cī; 无瑕 wú xiá |
| 疵 | cī | 1 | 4:7 | 瑕疵 xiá cī |
| 珥 | ěr | 1 | 4:8 | 押尼珥 yā ní ěr; 西珥 xī ěr |
| 菖 | chāng | 1 | 4:14 | 菖蒲 chāng pú |
| 闩 | shuān | 1 | 5:5 | 门闩 mén shuān |
| 畦 | qí | 2 | 5:13 | |
| 旌 | jīng | 2 | 6:4 | 旌旗 jīng qí |
| 嫔 | pín | 2 | 6:8 | 妃嫔 fēi pín |
| 皎 | jiǎo | 1 | 6:10 | 皎洁 jiǎo jié |
| 迦 | jiā | 1 | 7:5 | 迦南 jiā nán; 迦勒底 jiā lè dǐ |
| 绺 | liǔ | 1 | 7:5 | 发绺 fà liǔ |
| 劬 | qú | 2 | 8:5 |
Hard for learners (common, but beyond HSK 6)（96）
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