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.

奈

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 8 strokes

Nara, what?

川

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

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

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Source rows containing both11

Distinct written forms9

Given-name readings0

Surname readings9

Adjacent 奈川 forms5

Adjacent 川奈 forms3

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

川奈辺

Kawanabe

かわなべ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 奈 and 川Surname

加奈川

Kanagawa

かながわ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 奈 and 川Surname

奈川

Nagawa

ながわ

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

美奈川

Minagawa

みながわ

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

川奈

Kawana

かわな

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

美奈川

Minakawa

みなかわ

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

伊奈川

Inagawa

いながわ

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

奈須川

Nasukawa

なすかわ

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

奈川

Nakawa

なかわ

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