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.

則

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 9 strokes

rule, law, follow

久

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 3 strokes

long time, old story

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms2

Given-name readings2

Surname readings2

Adjacent 則久 forms1

Adjacent 久則 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

久則

Hisanori

ひさのり

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 則 and 久Given name

則久

Norihisa

のりひさ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 則 and 久Surname

久則

Hisanori

ひさのり

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 則 and 久Surname

則久

Norihisa

のりひさ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 則 and 久

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.