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.

兼

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 10 strokes

concurrently, and, beforehand

吉

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 6 strokes

good luck, joy, congratulations

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms2

Given-name readings4

Surname readings0

Adjacent 兼吉 forms1

Adjacent 吉兼 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

兼吉

Kaneyoshi

かねよし

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兼 and 吉Given name

兼吉

Kenkichi

けんきち

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兼 and 吉Given name

吉兼

Yoshikane

よしかね

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兼 and 吉Given name

兼吉

Kanekichi

かねきち

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 兼 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.