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

部

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 11 strokes

section, bureau, dept

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Source rows containing both7

Distinct written forms7

Given-name readings0

Surname readings6

Adjacent 曽部 forms4

Adjacent 部曽 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

古曽部

Kosobe

こそべ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 曽 and 部Surname

羽曽部

Hasebe

はせべ

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

曽我部

Sogabe

そがべ

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

長曽我部

Chōsokabe

ちょうそかべ

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

香曽我部

Kōsokabe

こうそかべ

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

曽部

Sobe

そべ

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

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.