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Kanji Pair Research

Enter one kanji to discover other characters recorded in the same JMnedict name spellings, or enter two kanji to inspect that exact co-occurrence. Every count in this research view describes the imported corpus—not population popularity in Japan.

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三
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

three

友
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 4 strokes

friend

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Source rows containing both18
Distinct written forms12
Given-name readings13
Surname readings0
Adjacent 三友 forms3
Adjacent 友三 forms9
Recorded names

Name readings containing both characters

The pair only has to occur in the same written form; the two kanji are not required to be adjacent unless counted in the adjacency statistics above.

Given name
亜友三

Ayumi

あゆみ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
三友妃

Miyuki

みゆき

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三依

Yumie

ゆみえ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三朗

Tomosaburō

ともさぶろう

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三

Tomomi

ともみ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三子

Yumiko

ゆみこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
三友

Miyu

みゆ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三

Yūzō

ゆうぞう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三

Tomomitsu

ともみつ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三

Tomozō

ともぞう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三郎

Yūzaburō

ゆうざぶろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
三友

San'yū

さんゆう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友Given name
友三郎

Yūsaburō

ゆうさぶろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 三 and 友
Evidence boundary

Co-occurrence is not popularity or etymology

The pair relation comes from exact JMnedict source rows through the compact kanji-usage index. KANJIDIC2 contributes character metadata only. A high corpus count can reflect dictionary coverage and should not be read as a national usage frequency.