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.

針

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 · 10 strokes

needle, pin, staple

谷

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 7 strokes

valley

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Source rows containing both8

Distinct written forms3

Given-name readings0

Surname readings5

Adjacent 針谷 forms1

Adjacent 谷針 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

針ケ谷

Harigaya

はりがや

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 針 and 谷Surname

針谷

Harigai

はりがい

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 針 and 谷Surname

針谷

Hariya

はりや

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 針 and 谷Surname

針谷

Harigae

はりがえ

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 針 and 谷Surname

針谷

Haritani

はりたに

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 針 and 谷

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.