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.

金

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 · 8 strokes

gold

郎

Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 · 9 strokes

son, counter for sons

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Source rows containing both27

Distinct written forms20

Given-name readings12

Surname readings0

Adjacent 金郎 forms1

Adjacent 郎金 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

金久郎

Kinjirō

きんじろう

6 source-recorded spellings in this reading group contain both 金 and 郎Given name

金三郎

Kinsaburō

きんさぶろう

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

金一郎

Kin'ichirō

きんいちろう

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

金五郎

Kingorō

きんごろう

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

金多郎

Kintarō

きんたろう

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

金子郎

Kaneo

かねお

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

金四郎

Kinshirō

きんしろう

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

金三郎

Kinzaburō

きんざぶろう

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

金郎

Kanao

かなお

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

金三郎

Kanesaburō

かねさぶろう

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

金治郎

Kanejirō

かねじろう

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

金太郎

Kanetarō

かねたろう

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