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

谷

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 7 strokes

valley

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 曽谷 forms2

Adjacent 谷曽 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

曽谷

Soya

そや

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

穂曽谷

Hosoya

ほそや

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

曽谷

Sotani

そたに

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

曽宇谷

Sōtani

そうたに

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

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.