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.

元

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 4 strokes

beginning, former time, origin

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both27

Distinct written forms19

Given-name readings13

Surname readings0

Adjacent 元郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎元 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

元久郎

Genjirō

げんじろう

5 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元三郎

Gensaburō

げんさぶろう

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元一郎

Gen'ichirō

げんいちろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元五郎

Gengorō

げんごろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元二郎

Motojirō

もとじろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元多郎

Gentarō

げんたろう

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元郎

Motō

もとお

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元三郎

Genzaburō

げんざぶろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元一郎

Motoichirō

もといちろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元三郎

Motosaburō

もとさぶろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元太郎

Mototarō

もとたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元吉郎

Genkichirō

げんきちろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎Given name

元郎

Genrō

げんろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 元 and 郎

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.