Checks we have run in public.

Each piece below reports work we actually did — a test, a comparison, or a name taken apart. Numbers are counted, not estimated, and the method is stated so you can disagree with it.

13 November 2026 We ran a free Chinese name generator 20 times. 14 of the runs gave us a surname and nothing else. Twenty Western names, one free generator, and a full transcript of what came back — including the six results that were two surnames rather than a name. Read it →

What we publish here, and how

The rules these pieces follow.

Every guide reports a test we actually ran, with the date it was run and the tool or dictionary used.
Counts are counted, not estimated. Where a result depends on our judgement, we say so and show the reasoning.
Definitions are checked against CC-CEDICT, a public dictionary, so you can verify any character yourself.
We publish results that make free tools look bad, because a check that only ever finds good news is not a check.

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