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.

茂

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 8 strokes

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

友

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 4 strokes

friend

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms4

Given-name readings4

Surname readings0

Adjacent 茂友 forms2

Adjacent 友茂 forms2

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

友茂子

Tomoko

ともこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 茂 and 友Given name

茂友美

Motomi

もとみ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 茂 and 友Given name

友茂

Tomoshige

ともしげ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 茂 and 友Given name

茂友

Shigetomo

しげとも

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 茂 and 友

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.