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.

話

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 13 strokes

tale, talk

子

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

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Source rows containing both21

Distinct written forms21

Given-name readings4

Surname readings0

Adjacent 話子 forms1

Adjacent 子話 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.

Given name

話伽子

Wakako

わかこ

9 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 話 and 子Given name

話喜子

Wakiko

わきこ

9 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 話 and 子Given name

話久子

Wakuko

わくこ

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 話 and 子Given name

話子

Wako

わこ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 話 and 子

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.