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.

之

Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 · 3 strokes

of, this

吉

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 6 strokes

good luck, joy, congratulations

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Source rows containing both17

Distinct written forms15

Given-name readings5

Surname readings0

Adjacent 之吉 forms7

Adjacent 吉之 forms8

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

吉之丞

Kichinosuke

きちのすけ

7 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 之 and 吉Given name

味之吉

Minokichi

みのきち

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 之 and 吉Given name

亥之吉

Inokichi

いのきち

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 之 and 吉Given name

吉之助

Yoshinosuke

よしのすけ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 之 and 吉Given name

吉之

Yoshiyuki

よしゆき

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 之 and 吉

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.