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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.

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光
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 6 strokes

ray, light

郎
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both26
Distinct written forms17
Given-name readings15
Surname readings0
Adjacent 光郎 forms1
Adjacent 郎光 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
光三郎

Kōsaburō

こうさぶろう

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光二郎

Mitsujirō

みつじろう

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光一郎

Kōichirō

こういちろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光二郎

Kōjirō

こうじろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光多郎

Kōtarō

こうたろう

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

Mitsuo

みつお

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

Teruo

てるお

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光三郎

Kōzaburō

こうざぶろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光四郎

Kōshirō

こうしろう

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

Kōrō

こうろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光八郎

Kōhachirō

こうはちろう

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

Mitsurō

みつろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光五郎

Mitsugorō

みつごろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光太郎

Mitsutarō

みつたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 and 郎Given name
光四郎

Mitsushirō

みつしろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 光 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.