What We Do Not Use

There are methods that assign total fortune or numerical scores to names to grade them. Naming-Link does not provide those numbers. The reasons are fourfold.

First, there is not just one standard. The methods for calculating fortune vary by school, and the same name can be rated positively by one standard and negatively by another. We have no basis to decide which one is correct. It is dishonest to present one as if it were the answer.

Second, those calculations rely on stroke counts. However, the Supreme Court data does not include stroke counts at all. Moreover, stroke counts can vary depending on whether they are counted as regular or simplified characters and how radicals are counted. Since the foundational numbers are not definitively established, the scores built on top of them cannot be definitive.

Third, numbers appear more solid than reality. When it says "87 points", it reads like a measured value rather than a conventional interpretation. Those naming may feel pressured by that number, pushing aside what is truly important (Is it pleasant to call? Does the meaning fit? Does it contain the desired wishes?).

Fourth, there is no way to verify. The relationship between a name and a person's life cannot be verified. Converting something that cannot be said to be right or wrong into a score results in a number that cannot be confirmed, even though it cannot be wrong.

We only use what can be substantiated. The Supreme Court official name-hanja table, the designated readings for each character, and the meanings listed in the table. Instead, we provide reasons for why this candidate was selected and why certain characters were excluded, showing reasons instead of scores.

The official name-hanja data provided by the Supreme Court does not include stroke counts. Among the 9,088 characters we received, not a single character has stroke counts.

To use stroke counts, we would need to obtain numbers from somewhere else, but if we cannot clarify where those numbers came from and what criteria were used to count them, it would mean judging names based on unfounded numbers. We have decided not to evaluate names based on values that cannot be substantiated.

If you have entered your birth month, we use a simplified reference of the five elements based on that month as a supplementary axis for comparing candidates. However, this is not a precise saju analysis, and we do not claim that names determine a person's fate or character.

In the final selection, what we prioritize are sounds, combinations of meanings, the values the family wishes to convey, and whether it can actually be registered. If you have not entered your birth month, we completely exclude the five elements reference from the analysis — we do not make arbitrary assumptions about unknown information.

If you want a precise saju-based analysis, we cover that in a separate detailed report. The reason we do not prioritize the five elements in the free hanja matching is that we do not want to present judgments based on the five elements derived from an incomplete birth date and time as if they were definitive.