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.

善

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 · 12 strokes

virtuous, good, goodness

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both23

Distinct written forms13

Given-name readings15

Surname readings0

Adjacent 善郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎善 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

善二郎

Yoshijirō

よしじろう

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

善一郎

Zen'ichirō

ぜんいちろう

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

善二郎

Zenjirō

ぜんじろう

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

善多郎

Zentarō

ぜんたろう

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

善三郎

Zenzaburō

ぜんざぶろう

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

善郎

Yoshio

よしお

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

善郎

Yoshirō

よしろう

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

善太郎

Yoshitarō

よしたろう

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

善一郎

Yoshīchirō

よしいちろう

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

善郎

Yoshirō

よしろお

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

善三郎

Yoshisaburō

よしさぶろう

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

善五郎

Yoshigorō

よしごろう

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

善三郎

Zensaburō

ぜんさぶろう

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

善八郎

Yoshihachirō

よしはちろう

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

善郎

Zenrō

ぜんろう

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