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.
剣
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 10 strokes
郎sabre, sword, blade
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes
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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
剣一郎
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 剣 and 郎Given nameKen'ichirō
けんいちろう
剣太郎
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 剣 and 郎Given nameKentarō
けんたろう
剣三郎
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 剣 and 郎Given nameKenzaburō
けんざぶろう
剣八郎
1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 剣 and 郎Kenpachirō
けんぱちろう
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.