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

新

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 13 strokes

new

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 古新 forms1

Adjacent 新古 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

新古

Arako

あらこ

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

古新居

Konī

こにい

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

新古

Shinko

しんこ

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

新佐古

Shinsako

しんさこ

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

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.