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.

井

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 4 strokes

well, well crib, town

熊

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 14 strokes

bear

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Source rows containing both6

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings5

Adjacent 井熊 forms1

Adjacent 熊井 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

熊ケ井

Kumagai

くまがい

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 井 and 熊Surname

井熊

Ikuma

いくま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 井 and 熊Surname

熊井

Kumai

くまい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 井 and 熊Surname

井熊

Iguma

いぐま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 井 and 熊Surname

井熊

Inokuma

いのくま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 井 and 熊

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.