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

次

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 6 strokes

next, order, sequence

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms2

Given-name readings4

Surname readings0

Adjacent 兼次 forms2

Adjacent 次兼 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

兼次

Kenji

けんじ

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

兼次郎

Kenjirō

けんじろう

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

兼次

Kaneji

かねじ

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

兼次郎

Kanejirō

かねじろう

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

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.