Is your Chinese name lucky?

According to some traditional Chinese beliefs, names can be lucky or unlucky based on the total number of strokes it takes to write them. (Of course, other factors can come into play as well.)

This chart supposedly tells whether a name (personal or corporate) is fortunate. Determine the column to look in by counting the total number of strokes it takes to write the name in Chinese characters.

Basically, red is good and black is bad. A few of the columns in black indicate mixed fortunes.

Please note: I don't actually believe in this sort of thing, so if you do and want more information, I'm not the right person to ask. Sorry.

large chart in Chinese that's supposed to tell if a name is 'fortunate' or not, based on how many strokes it takes to write

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