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.

外

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 5 strokes

outside

茂

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 8 strokes

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

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Source rows containing both9

Distinct written forms9

Given-name readings7

Surname readings0

Adjacent 外茂 forms9

Adjacent 茂外 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.

Given name

外茂夫

Tomō

ともお

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂Given name

外茂次

Tomoji

ともじ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂Given name

外茂枝

Tomoe

ともえ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂Given name

外茂子

Tomoko

ともこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂Given name

外茂之

Tomoyuki

ともゆき

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂Given name

外茂一

Tomoichi

ともいち

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂Given name

貞外茂

Sadatomo

さだとも

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 外 and 茂

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.