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.

荒

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

laid waste, rough, rude

居

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 · 8 strokes

reside, to be, exist

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Source rows containing both4

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings4

Adjacent 荒居 forms3

Adjacent 居荒 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

荒居

Arai

あらい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 荒 and 居Surname

荒居田

Araida

あらいだ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 荒 and 居Surname

荒居田

Araita

あらいた

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 荒 and 居Surname

荒居町

Araimachi

あらいまち

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 荒 and 居

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.