# Chinese Character Divination (Ce Zi / 测字) API

> Chinese Character Divination (Ce Zi / 测字) API is a paid API for AI agents from api.cn402.com, paid per call via x402, $0.08/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-15).

Divines fortune by decomposing a submitted Chinese character into its structural components and interpreting the auspicious or inauspicious meanings of those components.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.cn402.com/zhanbu/measure-word
- Price: $0.08/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-15
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/api-cn402-com-cdc367dd
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_magjWnIulpTIcMM8AKWEh

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-cdc367dd
```

Example prompt: Can you do a Ce Zi (测字) divination for me using the Chinese character 明 — break it down into its components and tell me what the fortune reading says?

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when a user specifically requests Ce Zi (测字) divination, character oracle readings, or wants their fortune told through structural decomposition of a Chinese hanzi. Prefer over generic I Ching endpoints when the user provides a specific character as the focus, and over radical lookup endpoints when the goal is fortune interpretation rather than linguistic analysis.

## Known failure modes

- Non-Chinese character submitted — returns error or empty result
- Multi-character string submitted when a single character is expected
- Invalid or unsupported character encoding
- API returns 402 if payment header is missing or malformed
- Rate limiting or timeout under high load

## How this service works

Chinese character divination, 测字, Ce Zi, Chinese hanzi divination, character oracle, decompose Chinese character for fortune, 字象, Chinese folk character-based prediction. Divine the future by decomposing a Chinese character into components and interpreting their auspicious/inauspicious meanings. Accepts payment on Base or Solana — either network works.

## Output

Returns a decomposition of the input Chinese character into its structural radicals or sub-components, along with interpretive fortune-telling text explaining what the components signify auspiciously or inauspiciously, following the traditional Chinese Ce Zi (测字) divination method.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "char": {
   "type": "string",
   "description": "Char (required)"
  }
 }
}
```

## More

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