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.

直

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 · 8 strokes

straightaway, honesty, frankness

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both12

Distinct written forms11

Given-name readings7

Surname readings0

Adjacent 直郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎直 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

直二郎

Naojirō

なおじろう

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

直史郎

Naoshirō

なおしろう

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

直一郎

Naoichirō

なおいちろう

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

直郎

Tadao

ただお

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

直三郎

Tadasaburō

たださぶろう

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

直三郎

Naosaburō

なおさぶろう

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

直太郎

Naotarō

なおたろう

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