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.

北

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 5 strokes

north

之

Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 · 3 strokes

of, this

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Source rows containing both8

Distinct written forms8

Given-name readings0

Surname readings6

Adjacent 北之 forms8

Adjacent 之北 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.

Surname

北之園

Kitanosono

きたのその

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 北 and 之Surname

北之坊

Kitanobō

きたのぼう

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 北 and 之Surname

北之

Kitano

きたの

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 北 and 之Surname

北之原

Kitanohara

きたのはら

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 北 and 之Surname

北之口

Kitanokuchi

きたのくち

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 北 and 之Surname

北之上

Kitanōe

きたのうえ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 北 and 之

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.