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.

水

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 4 strokes

water

川

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

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Source rows containing both8

Distinct written forms7

Given-name readings0

Surname readings7

Adjacent 水川 forms2

Adjacent 川水 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

水川

Minagawa

みながわ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 水 and 川Surname

水鳥川

Midorikawa

みどりかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 水 and 川Surname

水川

Minakawa

みなかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 水 and 川Surname

水谷川

Miyagawa

みやがわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 水 and 川Surname

水主川

Nasukawa

なすかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 水 and 川Surname

出水川

Izumigawa

いずみがわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 水 and 川Surname

水戸川

Mitokawa

みとかわ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 水 and 川

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.