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)

邊

Unclassified in the loaded KANJIDIC grade field · 19 strokes

edge, margin, side

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Source rows containing both6

Distinct written forms5

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 川邊 forms2

Adjacent 邊川 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

川ノ邊

Kawanobe

かわのべ

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

川邊

Kawanabe

かわなべ

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

川邊

Kawabe

かわべ

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

下川邊

Shimokawabe

しもかわべ

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

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.