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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.

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兵
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 7 strokes

soldier, private, troops

衛
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 16 strokes

defense, protection

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Source rows containing both37
Distinct written forms29
Given-name readings21
Surname readings0
Adjacent 兵衛 forms28
Adjacent 衛兵 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.

Given name
創兵衛

Sōbē

そうべえ

5 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
壮兵衛

Sōbei

そうべい

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
兵衛

Seibē

せいべえ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
庄兵衛

Shōbē

しょうべえ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
東兵衛

Tōbē

とうべえ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
吉兵衛

Yoshibē

よしべえ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
加兵衛

Kahē

かへえ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
新兵衛

Shinbē

しんべえ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
喜兵衛

Kihei

きへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
五兵衛

Gohei

ごへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
宇兵衛

Uhei

うへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
林兵衛

Rinpei

りんぺい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
嘉兵衛

Kahei

かへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
利兵衛

Rihei

りへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
兵左衛門

Heizaemon

へいざえもん

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
兵衛

Hyōei

ひょうえい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
吉兵衛

Kichihei

きちへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
清兵衛

Seibei

せいべい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
太兵衛

Tahei

たへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
徳兵衛

Tokubei

とくべい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛Given name
彌兵衛

Yahei

やへい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兵 and 衛
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.