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.

川

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

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

合

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 6 strokes

fit, suit, join

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Source rows containing both5

Distinct written forms2

Given-name readings0

Surname readings5

Adjacent 川合 forms1

Adjacent 合川 forms1

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

川合

Kawai

かわい

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

合川

Aikawa

あいかわ

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

川合

Kāi

かあい

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

合川

Aigawa

あいがわ

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

川合

Kawāi

かわあい

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

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.