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.

坂

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 7 strokes

slope, incline, hill

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 坂之 forms4

Adjacent 之坂 forms4

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

井之坂

Inosaka

いのさか

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 坂 and 之Surname

坂之

Sakamoto

さかもと

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

坂之上

Sakanōe

さかのうえ

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

坂之下

Sakanoshita

さかのした

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

片之坂

Katanosaka

かたのさか

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

坂之井

Sakanoi

さかのい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 坂 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.