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.

嘉

Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 · 14 strokes

applaud, praise, esteem

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both23

Distinct written forms16

Given-name readings16

Surname readings0

Adjacent 嘉郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎嘉 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

嘉二郎

Yoshijirō

よしじろう

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

嘉一郎

Kaichirō

かいちろう

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

嘉二郎

Kajirō

かじろう

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

嘉四郎

Kashirō

かしろう

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

嘉郎

Yoshio

よしお

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

嘉郎

Yoshirō

よしろう

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

嘉太郎

Yoshitarō

よしたろう

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

嘉一郎

Yoshīchirō

よしいちろう

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

嘉郎

Yoshirō

よしろお

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

嘉三郎

Yoshisaburō

よしさぶろう

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

嘉五郎

Yoshigorō

よしごろう

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

嘉九郎

Kakurō

かくろう

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

嘉久次郎

Kakujirō

かくじろう

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

嘉三郎

Kasaburō

かさぶろう

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

嘉太郎

Katarō

かたろう

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

嘉八郎

Yoshihachirō

よしはちろう

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