# Chinese Name Meaning & Five Elements Analyzer

> Chinese Name Meaning & Five Elements Analyzer is a paid API for AI agents from api.cn402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Analyzes a Chinese name's Five Elements composition, stroke count, and traditional auspicious meaning for luck and BaZi compatibility

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.cn402.com/folk/name-meaning
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-cn402-com-8f4e2f47
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_DyQcPqD7_TNKbjkW50kPy

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability api-cn402-com-8f4e2f47
```

Example prompt: Can you analyze the Chinese name 王小明 — I want to know its Five Elements composition, total stroke count, and whether it's considered auspicious in traditional Chinese culture?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user wants to analyze a Chinese name's cultural, metaphysical, or auspicious qualities — specifically Five Elements breakdown, stroke totals, and traditional meaning. Prefer this over generic translation APIs when the goal is name feng shui, BaZi compatibility, or luck analysis rather than simple dictionary meaning.

## Known failure modes

- Non-Chinese characters submitted — endpoint may return error or empty elements array
- Empty name field — validation error returned
- Name with rare or unrecognized characters may return incomplete element mapping
- Network timeout or server error returning non-200 status
- Malformed JSON body resulting in 400 bad request

## How this service works

chinese name meaning, what does chinese name mean, Chinese name meaning analysis, 中文名字分析, Chinese name Five Elements, hanzi name interpretation, 起名, 改名, Chinese name Feng Shui, Chinese name luck analysis, Chinese name compatibility with BaZi. Analyze a Chinese name's Five Elements composition, stroke total, and traditional auspicious meaning. Accepts payment on Base or Solana — either network works.

## Output

Returns the input name, a luck score (integer), a meaning description, an array of Five Elements (e.g. Metal, Water, Wood, Fire, Earth) associated with each character, and the total stroke count of the name.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "given": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Given (optional)"
  },
  "surname": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Surname (required)"
  }
 }
}
```

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