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.

竹

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 6 strokes

bamboo

上

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

above, up

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Source rows containing both8

Distinct written forms4

Given-name readings0

Surname readings6

Adjacent 竹上 forms1

Adjacent 上竹 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.

Surname

竹ノ上

Takenōe

たけのうえ

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 竹 and 上Surname

上竹

Kamitake

かみたけ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 竹 and 上Surname

竹上

Takegami

たけがみ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 竹 and 上Surname

竹上

Takeue

たけうえ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 竹 and 上Surname

上竹

Uetake

うえたけ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 竹 and 上Surname

上竹

Uedake

うえだけ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 竹 and 上

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.