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

下

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

below, down, descend

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Source rows containing both7

Distinct written forms5

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 竹下 forms1

Adjacent 下竹 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

竹ノ下

Takenoshita

たけのした

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 竹 and 下Surname

下竹

Shimotake

しもたけ

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

竹下

Takeshita

たけした

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

竹下

Takashita

たかした

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

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.