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.

宗

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 · 8 strokes

religion, sect, denomination

衛

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 16 strokes

defense, protection

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Source rows containing both6

Distinct written forms4

Given-name readings6

Surname readings0

Adjacent 宗衛 forms1

Adjacent 衛宗 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

宗衛

Shūe

しゅうえ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 宗 and 衛Given name

宗兵衛

Sōbē

そうべえ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 宗 and 衛Given name

宗兵衛

Sōbei

そうべい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 宗 and 衛Given name

宗衛

Sōei

そうえい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 宗 and 衛Given name

宗右衛門

Sōemon

そうえもん

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 宗 and 衛Given name

宗左衛門

Sōzaemon

そうざえもん

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 宗 and 衛

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.