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.

小

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

little, small

名

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 6 strokes

name, noted, distinguished

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 小名 forms3

Adjacent 名小 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.

Surname

小名

Kona

こな

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 小 and 名Surname

小名木

Onagi

おなぎ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 小 and 名Surname

小名

Ona

おな

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 小 and 名Surname

小名川

Onagawa

おながわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 小 and 名

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.