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.

孝

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 · 7 strokes

filial piety, child's respect

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both23

Distinct written forms15

Given-name readings14

Surname readings0

Adjacent 孝郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎孝 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

孝二郎

Kōjirō

こうじろう

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

孝一郎

Kōichirō

こういちろう

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

孝多郎

Kōtarō

こうたろう

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

孝三郎

Kōzaburō

こうざぶろう

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

孝四郎

Kōshirō

こうしろう

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

孝次郎

Takajirō

たかじろう

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

孝郎

Takao

たかお

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

孝三郎

Kōsaburō

こうさぶろう

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

孝五郎

Kōgorō

こうごろう

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

孝一郎

Takaichirō

たかいちろう

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

孝太郎

Takatarō

たかたろう

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

孝士郎

Yukijirō

ゆきじろう

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

孝三郎

Takasaburō

たかさぶろう

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

孝四郎

Takashirō

たかしろう

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