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.

古

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 5 strokes

old

川

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

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Source rows containing both6

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings6

Adjacent 古川 forms2

Adjacent 川古 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.

Surname

古川

Koga

こが

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 古 and 川Surname

古川

Kogawa

こがわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 古 and 川Surname

古川

Kokawa

こかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 古 and 川Surname

古川

Furukawa

ふるかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 古 and 川Surname

川古

Kawako

かわこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 古 and 川Surname

佐古川

Sakogawa

さこがわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 古 and 川

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.