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.

波

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 8 strokes

waves, billows, Poland

部

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 11 strokes

section, bureau, dept

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Source rows containing both6

Distinct written forms5

Given-name readings0

Surname readings5

Adjacent 波部 forms1

Adjacent 部波 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

波々伯部

Hōkabe

ほうかべ

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

波多部

Hatabe

はたべ

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

波部

Habe

はべ

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

波々部

Hahakabe

ははかべ

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

波部

Namibe

なみべ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 波 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.