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.

活

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 9 strokes

lively, resuscitation, being helped

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both10

Distinct written forms8

Given-name readings6

Surname readings0

Adjacent 活郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎活 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

活三郎

Katsusaburō

かつさぶろう

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

活多郎

Katsutarō

かつたろう

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

活郎

Katsuo

かつお

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

活郎

Ikurō

いくろう

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

活二郎

Katsujirō

かつじろう

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

活郎

Katsurō

かつろう

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