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.

曽

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 11 strokes

formerly, once, before

古

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 5 strokes

old

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Source rows containing both5

Distinct written forms5

Given-name readings0

Surname readings5

Adjacent 曽古 forms1

Adjacent 古曽 forms3

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

古木曽

Kogiso

こぎそ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 曽 and 古Surname

曽古

Soko

そこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 曽 and 古Surname

古曽部

Kosobe

こそべ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 曽 and 古Surname

古曽根

Kosone

こそね

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 曽 and 古Surname

名古曽

Nakoso

なこそ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 曽 and 古

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.