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.

彦

Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 · 9 strokes

lad, boy, fine young man

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both11

Distinct written forms9

Given-name readings6

Surname readings0

Adjacent 彦郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎彦 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

彦二郎

Hikojirō

ひこじろう

5 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 彦 and 郎Given name

彦四郎

Hikoshirō

ひこしろう

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

彦一郎

Gen'ichirō

げんいちろう

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

彦四郎

Genshirō

げんしろう

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

彦郎

Hikō

ひこお

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

彦太郎

Hikotarō

ひこたろう

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