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.

源

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 6 · 13 strokes

source, origin

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both23

Distinct written forms20

Given-name readings9

Surname readings0

Adjacent 源郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎源 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

源久郎

Genjirō

げんじろう

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

源三郎

Gensaburō

げんさぶろう

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

源一郎

Gen'ichirō

げんいちろう

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

源五郎

Gengorō

げんごろう

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

源司郎

Genshirō

げんしろう

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

源多郎

Gentarō

げんたろう

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

源三郎

Genzaburō

げんざぶろう

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

源吉郎

Genkichirō

げんきちろう

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

源郎

Genrō

げんろう

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