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.

朱

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 6 strokes

vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet

明

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 8 strokes

bright, light

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Source rows containing both5

Distinct written forms5

Given-name readings4

Surname readings0

Adjacent 朱明 forms1

Adjacent 明朱 forms4

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

明朱咲

Azusa

あずさ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 朱 and 明Given name

明朱美

Azumi

あずみ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 朱 and 明Given name

明朱

Asu

あす

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 朱 and 明Given name

朱明

Shumei

しゅめい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 朱 and 明

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.