格蕾丝
Gé Lěi Sī · tones 2-3-1
Meaning: (transliteration)
Character breakdown
Each character in 格蕾丝 on its own — radical, stroke count, and core meaning.
- 格gé
- Radical
- 木
- Strokes
- 10
- Meaning
- pattern, standard
- 蕾lěi
- Radical
- 艹
- Strokes
- 16
- Meaning
- flower bud
- 丝sī
- Radical
- 一
- Strokes
- 5
- Meaning
- silk, thread
How it sounds
Tone pattern 2-3-1 (rising + falling-rising + high-level).
rising → falling-rising → high-level. Multi-character names carry more rhythm — read the full name aloud with your intended surname before finalizing.
Style: transliteration-standard
A standard phonetic match for the English name (used in Chinese Bibles, news translations, official documents). Useful when you want clear English-to-Chinese identifiability.
Pairing with a surname
3-character given name
Three-character given names are rare in mainland China after the 1990s. They give substantial weight — appropriate for traditional family lineages with generation characters. Pair with a single-character surname for a 4-character full name.