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.

次

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 6 strokes

next, order, sequence

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both471

Distinct written forms397

Given-name readings146

Surname readings0

Adjacent 次郎 forms396

Adjacent 郎次 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

光次郎

Kōjirō

こうじろう

28 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

勝次郎

Shōjirō

しょうじろう

17 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

佳次郎

Yoshijirō

よしじろう

13 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

乾次郎

Kenjirō

けんじろう

12 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

佑次郎

Yūjirō

ゆうじろう

11 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

佳次郎

Keijirō

けいじろう

10 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

伸次郎

Shinjirō

しんじろう

10 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

影次郎

Eijirō

えいじろう

10 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

壮次郎

Sōjirō

そうじろう

8 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

政次郎

Seijirō

せいじろう

7 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

才次郎

Saijirō

さいじろう

7 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

享次郎

Kyōjirō

きょうじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

勤次郎

Kinjirō

きんじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

仙次郎

Senjirō

せんじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

乕次郎

Teijirō

ていじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

十次郎

Tōjirō

とうじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

勘次郎

Kanjirō

かんじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

征次郎

Masajirō

まさじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 and 郎Given name

淳次郎

Junjirō

じゅんじろう

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

会次郎

Aijirō

あいじろう

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

洋次郎

Yōjirō

ようじろう

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

保次郎

Yasujirō

やすじろう

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

嶺次郎

Reijirō

れいじろう

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

俊次郎

Shunjirō

しゅんじろう

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

俊次郎

Toshijirō

としじろう

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

明次郎

Akijirō

あきじろう

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

丁卯次郎

Chōjirō

ちょうじろう

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

倍次郎

Masujirō

ますじろう

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

伴次郎

Hanjirō

はんじろう

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

博次郎

Hirojirō

ひろじろう

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

滋次郎

Shigejirō

しげじろう

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

孝次郎

Takajirō

たかじろう

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

円次郎

Enjirō

えんじろう

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

卓次郎

Takujirō

たくじろう

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

元次郎

Genjirō

げんじろう

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

友次郎

Tomojirō

ともじろう

4 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 次 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.