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.

子

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

師

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 10 strokes

expert, teacher, master

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 子師 forms1

Adjacent 師子 forms2

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

師子倉

Shishikura

ししくら

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 子 and 師Surname

子師

Neshi

ねし

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 子 and 師Surname

師子堂

Shishidō

ししどう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 子 and 師Surname

子師

Neji

ねじ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 子 and 師

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.