BaZi (Four Pillars of Destiny), the I Ching and Korean folk fortunes side by side with Western astrology, tarot and numerology. Enter your birth date once and see East and West together.
In Korea, choosing a name has long involved Seongmyeonghak (姓名學), the study of names. It looks at the sound of each syllable, the stroke counts of the Chinese characters (Hanja) behind the name, and how both relate to the five elements and to the person’s BaZi chart. This page is for people with a Korean name; for English names, try Numerology.
Each initial consonant of a Hangul syllable belongs to an element by its sound, and neighbouring syllables are read as generating or controlling each other. If you enter the name in Hanja, the traditional stroke counts give the four (or five) number grids of the classic system, and the numbers are compared with the 81-number table. Fate Hall also shows the Ten God relationship between surname and given name and an I Ching hexagram drawn from the name.
Schools of name study differ, especially in how strokes are counted. Treat the result as a cultural curiosity, not a reason to change a name.