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.

宗

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 · 8 strokes

religion, sect, denomination

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both18

Distinct written forms14

Given-name readings13

Surname readings0

Adjacent 宗郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎宗 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

宗二郎

Sōjirō

そうじろう

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

宗一郎

Sōichirō

そういちろう

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

宗大郎

Sōtarō

そうたろう

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

宗二郎

Munejirō

むねじろう

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

宗三郎

Sōsaburō

そうさぶろう

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

宗太郎

Shūtarō

しゅうたろう

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

宗郎

Muneo

むねお

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

宗三郎

Sōzaburō

そうざぶろう

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

宗四郎

Sōshirō

そうしろう

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

宗五郎

Sōgorō

そうごろう

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

宗七郎

Sōshichirō

そうしちろう

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

宗十郎

Sōjūrō

そうじゅうろう

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

宗八郎

Sōhachirō

そうはちろう

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