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

明

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 8 strokes

bright, light

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Source rows containing both13

Distinct written forms10

Given-name readings5

Surname readings0

Adjacent 世明 forms0

Adjacent 明世 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.

Given name

明世

Akiyo

あきよ

9 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 世 and 明Given name

明世

Haruyo

はるよ

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

明世

Akise

あきせ

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

明世

Akeyo

あけよ

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

世知明

Seshiria

せしりあ

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

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.