Chinese Name 5-Grid Analyzer (姓名三才五格)

CHINESE METAPHYSICS HANZI NAMING

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By RECATOOLS Editorial

About this tool

天格・人格・地格・外格・总格 numerology

Chinese name stroke analyzer. Per-character stroke count + total + 三才五格 5-grid numerology preview. Cultural reference.

RT-CHN-018 · Chinese Culture & Almanac

⚠️ Cultural reference only. 三才五格 is not scientific prediction.

Enter Chinese name

How to use

Enter the Chinese name

Full name (surname + given). 2/3/4-char names all work.

View total strokes

Large display of total stroke count.

View per-character strokes

Each character's strokes shown separately for verification.

三才五格 preview

Traditional naming numerology's 5 grids: Heaven, Person, Earth, Outer, Total. Preliminary calculation only — full analysis needs a professional 命理师.

Name Strokes + 三才五格: Chinese Naming Tradition

Naming studies (姓名学) is an important branch of Chinese fortune-reading tradition. The core 三才五格 (3-Element 5-Grid) theory was developed by Japanese scholar Kumasaki Kenmou in the 1920s (based on earlier Chinese naming concepts), then spread widely in HK + Taiwan. It computes 5 numerical grids from a name\'s stroke counts and uses them to evaluate name auspice. This tool provides preliminary stroke analysis.

The 5 Grids

(1) Heaven Grid: surname strokes + 1 — ancestors, fortune source. (2) Person Grid: last char of surname + first char of given — self + middle-age fortune. (3) Earth Grid: given-name strokes (+1 for single-char given) — early years + offspring. (4) Outer Grid: Total − Person + 1 — social + external connections. (5) Total Grid: all strokes — later life.

Uses

(1) Newborn naming reference. (2) Company + brand naming. (3) Name-change adults checking stroke patterns. (4) Personal "numerology" exploration as cultural self-reflection.

10 Facts about Name Strokes

三才五格 naming theory was developed by Japanese scholar Kumasaki Kenmou in the 1920s, later spread in HK + Taiwan.

HK 2024 naming-services survey: ~35% of new-parent couples consult a 命理师 for stroke + 5-grid analysis.

Tradition holds the "Person Grid" as most important — directly tied to the person's character + middle-age fortune.

Naming numerology covers numbers 1-81, each with a quality assignment. E.g. 21 + 24 are very auspicious; 44 is very inauspicious.

SG/MY/ID Chinese name-change rate is ~5% (2020 data) — mostly adults who feel their original name "doesn't suit their fate".

Naming numerology is a cultural framework only — no scientific evidence links specific stroke counts to life outcomes.

Tool uses the mainstream Kumasaki system. Other schools (some HK/Taiwan practitioners) vary slightly. Defer to family tradition if in doubt.

Stroke counts must use Kangxi traditional forms — simplified 龙 (5) against Kangxi 龍 (16) gives an entirely different grid. Since July 2026 this tool converts automatically.

Company + brand naming also uses the "Total Grid" concept. Microsoft's Chinese name 微软 was cross-checked (7+11=18 = very auspicious).

Pairs with RT-CHN-019 (Baby Name Suggester) + RT-CHN-020 (Business Name Analyzer) — complete naming-studies workflow.

Frequently Asked Questions

No. Naming studies is a cultural framework with no scientific evidence of predictive power. Tool offers stroke calculation + cultural reflection.
三才五格 requires Kangxi traditional strokes. Type either script — the tool converts: 汉 is counted as 漢 (15). Where one simplified character stands for two traditional ones with different counts (发 = 發 12 or 髮 15) the tradition itself is undecided, so both readings are shown.
No.
Naming studies is cultural reference; don't let it affect your self-image. If it really troubles you, name-changes are legal; pen-names or aliases also work.
Use as one of many references. More important: character meaning, pronunciation, family significance, easy to write/remember. Professional namers integrate all factors.
Defer to the practitioner. Tool is the basic version; 命理师 integrates the full system for deeper analysis.
1-81 have traditional auspice judgments. Tool doesn't apply these — they're cultural classifications, not scientific.
The Kangxi table covers 27,584 characters (built from the Unicode Unihan database), so rare characters usually resolve. The modern hand-written count covers only ~9,500, so a rare character may show its Kangxi figure alone. Where neither exists you get "?".
Yes. Two-char names (張偉, 李娜) — 三才五格 follows the rule: Earth Grid = given-name strokes + 1.
Yes, as reference. But for foreigners picking Chinese names, character meaning + pronunciation matter most; strokes + 5-grid are secondary.

Chinese Name 5-Grid Analyzer (姓名三才五格)