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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.

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画
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 8 strokes

brush-stroke, picture

美
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 9 strokes

beauty, beautiful

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Source rows containing both3
Distinct written forms3
Given-name readings3
Surname readings0
Adjacent 画美 forms2
Adjacent 美画 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.

Given name
画美子

Emiko

えみこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 画 and 美Given name
画美

Emi

えみ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 画 and 美Given name
美画子

Mieko

みえこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 画 and 美
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.