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.

柴

Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 · 10 strokes

brush, firewood

子

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

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Source rows containing both5

Distinct written forms2

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 柴子 forms0

Adjacent 子柴 forms2

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

御子柴

Mikoshiba

みこしば

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 柴 and 子Surname

御子柴

Okoshi

おこし

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 柴 and 子Surname

御子柴

Mikoshi

みこし

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 柴 and 子Surname

御子柴

Mineshiba

みねしば

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 柴 and 子

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.