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.

佐

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 7 strokes

assistant, help

島

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 10 strokes

island

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Source rows containing both7

Distinct written forms6

Given-name readings0

Surname readings6

Adjacent 佐島 forms2

Adjacent 島佐 forms0

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

佐土島

Sadoshima

さどしま

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 佐 and 島Surname

佐島

Satō

さとう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 佐 and 島Surname

佐久島

Sakushima

さくしま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 佐 and 島Surname

佐々島

Sasajima

ささじま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 佐 and 島Surname

佐島

Sashima

さしま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 佐 and 島Surname

緒佐島

Osajima

おさじま

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 佐 and 島

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.