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.

世

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 5 strokes

generation, world, society

代

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 5 strokes

substitute, change, convert

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms4

Given-name readings4

Surname readings0

Adjacent 世代 forms1

Adjacent 代世 forms2

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

加代世子

Kayoko

かよこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 世 and 代Given name

幸世代

Yukiyo

ゆきよ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 世 and 代Given name

紀代世

Kiyose

きよせ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 世 and 代Given name

世津代

Setsuyo

せつよ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 世 and 代

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.