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.
初
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 7 strokes
子first time, beginning
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes
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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
初世子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Given nameSayoko
さよこ
初菜子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Given nameHanako
はなこ
初留子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Given nameHaruko
はるこ
初子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Given nameHatsuko
はつこ
初子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Given nameUiko
ういこ
初子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Given nameHatsune
はつね
初子
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 初 and 子Someko
そめこ
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.