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.
近
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 7 strokes
谷near, early, akin
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 7 strokes
Find exact-kanji names →valley
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
近谷
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 近 and 谷SurnameKon'ya
こんや
近江谷
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 近 and 谷SurnameŌmiya
おおみや
近谷
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 近 and 谷SurnameKin'ya
きんや
近江谷
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 近 and 谷Ōmiya
おうみや
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.