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)

辺

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 5 strokes

environs, boundary, border

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Source rows containing both12

Distinct written forms9

Given-name readings0

Surname readings6

Adjacent 川辺 forms2

Adjacent 辺川 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

川ノ辺

Kawanobe

かわのべ

5 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 川 and 辺Surname

川奈辺

Kawanabe

かわなべ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 川 and 辺Surname

川辺

Kawabe

かわべ

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

川那辺

Kanabe

かなべ

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

下川辺

Shimokawabe

しもかわべ

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

阿辺川

Abekawa

あべかわ

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

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.