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.

匠

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 6 strokes

artisan, workman, carpenter

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both11

Distinct written forms10

Given-name readings6

Surname readings0

Adjacent 匠郎 forms0

Adjacent 郎匠 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

匠一郎

Shōichirō

しょういちろう

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

匠五郎

Shōgorō

しょうごろう

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

匠多郎

Shōtarō

しょうたろう

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

匠二郎

Shōjirō

しょうじろう

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

匠三郎

Shōzaburō

しょうざぶろう

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

匠三郎

Shōsaburō

しょうさぶろう

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