Chinese Name Analysis
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Enter a Chinese name and get its stroke counts, the five grids, the elements behind those numbers, how they relate, and how the name sounds. This tool gives no fortune rating. The “81 numbers” and “three talents” luck tables are fixed tables that differ between sources, and there is no way to check them here — copying one number wrong would produce a confident-looking wrong answer. So it gives only what can be checked item by item: · Stroke counts, character by character, to compare against a dictionary; · The five grids, which are just a few additions — the formulas are printed with the result; · The element of each number, taken from its last digit: 1/2 wood, 3/4 fire, 5/6 earth, 7/8 metal, 9/0 water; · How those elements relate — wood feeds fire, fire melts metal and so on. That is a definition, not a judgement; · Sound — pinyin, the tone pattern, and warnings when neighbouring characters share a tone, an initial or a final. ⚠️ Two caveats matter here: 1. Stroke counts are the modern standard ones, not Kangxi strokes. The naming tradition counts against the Kangxi dictionary (where the river character is 7 strokes, counting its water radical as water); the modern count is 6. The five grids here can therefore differ from a naming book — that is the convention, not an arithmetic mistake. 2. Characters with several readings are yours to choose. Dictionaries give the most common reading, but surnames often take another one. The tool lists every candidate reading so you can pick the one you actually use. Name numerology is a folk tradition, not science. This tool treats it as a cultural artefact: every number it shows can be checked by hand.
Features
- Stroke count and reading for every character
- The five grids: heaven, personality, earth, outer and total (four cases, depending on how many characters the surname and given name have)
- The element of each grid (from its last digit) and the three-talents combination
- How the personality grid relates to the earth grid, and the heaven grid to the personality grid
- Pinyin with tone marks, and the tone pattern
- Warnings when neighbouring characters share a tone, an initial or a final
- Every candidate reading listed for characters with several, so a surname is not forced into the dictionary’s default
- The five-grid formulas are printed, so a mismatch can be traced
- ⚠️ No fortune rating, with an explanation of why
- ⚠️ The stroke convention is stated up front (modern counts differ from Kangxi)
How to use
- Type the name (two to four characters)
- Choose whether the surname is one character or two
- Press Analyse (or Enter)
- If a character has several readings, pick the right one underneath
- Results are grouped into per-character, five grids, sound and notes
FAQ
- Why is there no luck score? Other naming sites have one.
- Because those tables cannot be verified from here. The “81 numbers” and “three talents” luck tables differ between sources; copy one number wrong and you get a confident wrong answer that looks exactly like a right one. So this tool gives only what can be checked: strokes, additions, elements and sounds. Whether to choose a name by its numbers is your call — but I will not hand you a score I cannot verify myself.
- Why do my five grids differ from someone else’s?
- Most likely the stroke convention. The tradition counts Kangxi dictionary strokes, which differ from the modern standard by a stroke or two for many characters — and one stroke shifts every grid. The other common cause is a character with several readings, since some schools derive elements from the reading; use the selector to set the reading you actually use.
- Why are there two ways to compute the outer grid?
- For a two-character surname with a two-character given name, sources disagree: one gives surname₁ + given₂, another gives total − personality + 1 (one higher). This tool uses the first and prints the formula, so a mismatch is visible rather than something you have to guess at.
- Is name numerology accurate?
- It is not a science and has no verifiable mechanism, and this tool makes no predictions. It is a long-lived cultural practice whose rules are precise enough to compute and check. Whether to believe it is up to you.
- Why does it stop at four characters?
- The five-grid rules only have agreed definitions for a one- or two-character surname with a one- or two-character given name. Longer names are handled differently by different sources, so rather than invent a rule, this tool shows only the strokes and sounds.
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