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.

由

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 · 5 strokes

wherefore, a reason

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both17

Distinct written forms9

Given-name readings13

Surname readings0

Adjacent 由郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎由 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

由二郎

Yoshijirō

よしじろう

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

由二郎

Yūjirō

ゆうじろう

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

由多郎

Yutarō

ゆたろう

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

由郎

Yoshio

よしお

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

由郎

Yoshirō

よしろう

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

由一郎

Yūichirō

ゆういちろう

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

由太郎

Yūtarō

ゆうたろう

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

由太郎

Yoshitarō

よしたろう

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

由一郎

Yoshīchirō

よしいちろう

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

由郎

Yoshirō

よしろお

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

由三郎

Yoshisaburō

よしさぶろう

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

由五郎

Yoshigorō

よしごろう

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

由一郎

Yuichirō

ゆいちろう

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