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.

茂

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 8 strokes

overgrown, grow thick, be luxuriant

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both9

Distinct written forms7

Given-name readings7

Surname readings0

Adjacent 茂郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎茂 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

茂多郎

Shigetarō

しげたろう

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

茂二郎

Shigejirō

しげじろう

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

茂郎

Shigeo

しげお

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

茂郎

Shigerō

しげろう

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

茂三郎

Shigesaburō

しげさぶろう

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

茂一郎

Shigeichirō

しげいちろう

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

茂三郎

Shigezaburō

しげざぶろう

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