姓名判断

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: Written 姓名判断 and read せいめいはんだん, it denotes fortune-telling based on the characters or stroke counts in a person's name.
• Basic usage: It is used when assessing luck in a baby name or proposed name change.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Not scientific name analysis
  • The practice is divinatory rather than a linguistic or empirical evaluation.