Corpus composition research

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.

下

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

below, down, descend

河

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 8 strokes

river

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Source rows containing both9

Distinct written forms8

Given-name readings0

Surname readings5

Adjacent 下河 forms7

Adjacent 河下 forms1

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.

Surname

下河辺

Shimokōbe

しもこうべ

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 下 and 河Surname

下河内

Shimokawabe

しもかわべ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 下 and 河Surname

下河

Shimokawa

しもかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 下 and 河Surname

河下

Kawashita

かわした

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 下 and 河Surname

下河原

Shimokawahara

しもかわはら

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 下 and 河

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.