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.
明
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 8 strokes
毅bright, light
Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 · 15 strokes
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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
明毅名
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 明 and 毅Given nameAkina
あきな
毅明
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 明 and 毅Given nameToshiaki
としあき
毅明
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 明 and 毅Given nameTakeaki
たけあき
明毅
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 明 and 毅Akitake
あきたけ
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.