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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.

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大
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 3 strokes

large, big

郎
Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both30
Distinct written forms22
Given-name readings18
Surname readings0
Adjacent 大郎 forms7
Adjacent 郎大 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
大二郎

Daijirō

だいじろう

5 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大二郎

Taijirō

たいじろう

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大五郎

Daigorō

だいごろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大四郎

Daishirō

だいしろう

3 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大一郎

Daīchirō

だいいちろう

2 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
航大郎

Kōtarō

こうたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
宗大郎

Sōtarō

そうたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
真大郎

Shintarō

しんたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
崚大郎

Ryōtarō

りょうたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大太郎

Hirotarō

ひろたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
錬大郎

Rentarō

れんたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大一郎

Taichirō

たいちろう

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

Tarō

たろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
鉄大郎

Tetsutarō

てつたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大三郎

Daisaburō

だいさぶろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大太郎

Daitarō

だいたろう

1 source-recorded spelling in this reading group contain both 大 and 郎Given name
大三郎

Daizaburō

だいざぶろう

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

Tairō

たいろう

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