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.

本

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 5 strokes

book, present, main

佐

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 · 7 strokes

assistant, help

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms4

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 本佐 forms0

Adjacent 佐本 forms1

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

佐喜本

Sakimoto

さきもと

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 本 and 佐Surname

佐々本

Sasamoto

ささもと

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 本 and 佐Surname

佐久本

Sakumoto

さくもと

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 本 and 佐Surname

佐本

Samoto

さもと

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 本 and 佐

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.