Most Common Components

Characters that appear most frequently as building blocks of other characters.

Showing 1–100 of 1,186 characters

#CharacterPinyinGlossUsesVerified
1 characterless component194
2 rén, renperson187
3kǒu, koumouth161
4 shuǐwater138
5 shǒu, shouhand130
6 yánspeech127
7tree120
8 mì, sīsilk95
9yòuagain85
10 xīn, xinheart80
11 cǎograss75
12 bèisea shell68
13earth64
14chuòwalk64
15 huǒfire61
16sun59
17 ròumeat59
18 dāoknife57
19 miánroof57
20 zhǐ(foot), stop51
21 jīnmetal50
22grain stalk47
23nǚ, nüwoman46
24 (head), page46
25 clothes44
26 tap42
27 quǎndog42
28 mound41
29dà, dàibig40
30 zhúbamboo40
31 chēcart, vehicle40
32jiéperson kneeling39
33eye37
34zhuī, cuī, wéibird35
35cùn, cun(hand), inch33
36 shí, shieat33
37lì, lipower31
38gǒngtwo hands31
39广guǎngroof30
40rice30
41spear29
42 xíng, hángwalk29
43shístone27
44 𤣩jade26
45 mén, mendoor26
46zi, zǐchild25
47 shìshow25
48gōngwork24
49mǐn, mǐngdish24
50wéi, guósurround22
51shūweapon or tool21
52 fish21
53 niǎobird21
54chǎngcliff, (roof)20
55qiàn, qianyawn, deficient20
56yángsheep20
57ěrear20
58gōngbow19
59tiánfield19
60xué, juécave19
61chóngbug, insect19
62foot19
63shān, xiǎnhair18
64sick17
65 hǔ, hutiger17
66jīncloth16
67jīnaxe16
68one15
69 jiàn, xiàn, jiansee15
70dīngcubes14
71eight14
72shàng, shangesteem14
73zhǎohand, claw14
74 pán, qiángpiece of wood14
75shǐarrow14
76wǎngnet14
77zhěone who...14
78yuè, yuemoon13
79niúcow13
80 yì, ècity13
81horse13
82 together12
83its, his, (3p possessive)12
84 bīngice12
85 bāowrap12
86shānmountain12
87yāotiny12
88hù, hudoor12
89shēng, shenglife12
90kǎo, qiǎo, yúaxe handle11
91yúnclouds11
92jīngcapital city11
93to join11
94shīsitting person11
95writing brush11
96gěn, gèn, hénblunt11
97xīnlaborious11
98rain11
99horse11
100 gǔ, gúbone11