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.

吉

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 6 strokes

good luck, joy, congratulations

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both65

Distinct written forms55

Given-name readings26

Surname readings0

Adjacent 吉郎 forms42

Adjacent 郎吉 forms2

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

兎吉郎

Ukichirō

うきちろう

8 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 吉 and 郎Given name

健吉郎

Kenkichirō

けんきちろう

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

幸吉郎

Kōkichirō

こうきちろう

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

伸吉郎

Shinkichirō

しんきちろう

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

将吉郎

Shōkichirō

しょうきちろう

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

吉二郎

Yoshijirō

よしじろう

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

吉五郎

Kichigorō

きちごろう

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

元吉郎

Genkichirō

げんきちろう

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

亥吉郎

Ikichirō

いきちろう

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

吉二郎

Kichijirō

きちじろう

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

利吉郎

Rikichirō

りきちろう

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

仙吉郎

Senkichirō

せんきちろう

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

他吉郎

Takichirō

たきちろう

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

吉多郎

Kichitarō

きちたろう

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

次郎吉

Jirokichi

じろきち

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

吉三郎

Kichisaburō

きちさぶろう

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

吉郎

Yoshio

よしお

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

吉三郎

Kisaburō

きさぶろう

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

吉郎

Yoshirō

よしろう

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

吉太郎

Yoshitarō

よしたろう

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

吉三郎

Yoshisaburō

よしさぶろう

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

吉五郎

Yoshigorō

よしごろう

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

吉郎

Kichirō

きちろう

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

吉志三郎

Kishisaburō

きしさぶろう

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

恵吉郎

Keikichirō

けいきちろう

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

吉三郎

Yoshizaburō

よしざぶろう

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