Chinese Name Sorting Tool

A professional online Chinese name sorting tool that supports sorting by the first letter of pinyin, stroke count, random order, and more, suitable for student lists, employee rosters, and other scenarios.

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Browser execution mode: Your data is processed in your browser and is not uploaded to the server.

Speed and Stability: Processing speed depends on your device and browser. For large batch work, the desktop version may be more stable.

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Instructions

Software Usage Instructions

Enter list content: Paste the names or text to be sorted into the text box, with one item per line by default. You can also drag and drop or select TXT or CSV files, and multiple files can be selected at once.
Set input rules: Choose an input delimiter based on the data format. Line breaks, commas, semicolons, spaces, tabs, and custom delimiters are supported. For CSV data, you can choose to sort by a specified column and keep the first row as a header.
Choose a sorting method:
- Pinyin sorting: Sort Chinese names by pinyin from A-Z or Z-A, suitable for contact lists, student lists, and employee rosters.
- Stroke sorting: Sort by the number of strokes in the first character of the surname, suitable for official lists and traditional roster organization.
- Natural sorting: Recognizes numerical order in text, so “Group 2” will be placed before “Group 10”.
- Multi-level sorting: Set combined rules such as sorting by strokes first and then by pinyin, suitable for more refined list organization.
Configure cleanup options: You can select options such as removing duplicates, removing empty items, removing numeric prefixes, removing punctuation, converting full-width characters to half-width, removing bracketed content, and merging consecutive whitespace.
Set output format: Choose an output delimiter, display results grouped by pinyin initial or surname stroke count, or add numbering to the results.
Start processing: After completing input and parameter settings, click “Start Processing and View Results”. The tool will generate the sorted results, item count, and processing time.
Copy and download: After processing is complete, you can copy the current results or download a TXT or CSV file. When processing files in batches, you can download a ZIP archive containing all results.

FAQ

A: Pinyin sorting is suitable for student lists, employee rosters, contact lists, registration forms, and other scenarios where names need to be quickly found by pronunciation. It sorts Chinese names in pinyin order and also supports reverse order.

A: Pinyin sorting arranges names by pronunciation, making them easy to find; stroke sorting arranges names by the number of strokes in the first character of the surname, making it more suitable for official lists, announcement lists, meeting rosters, and other scenarios that require a traditional ordering method.

A: Yes. Set the sorting basis to “CSV/TSV specified column” and enter the column number. The tool will sort by the content of the specified column while preserving the full row data structure, making it suitable for organizing registration forms, employee tables, and contact list tables.

A: Multi-level sorting is used to arrange items by multiple combined conditions. For example, first select “Stroke Count Ascending,” then select “Pinyin Ascending.” When surnames have the same number of strokes, they will continue to be sorted by pinyin order. Up to 5 levels of rules can be set.

A: Multiple files will be processed separately, and the result file names will match the original file names by default. If duplicate names occur, numbers will be automatically added after the file names to distinguish them. After processing is complete, you can download a ZIP archive containing all results.

A: Grouped display inserts headings for the first pinyin letter or stroke count in the results, such as “—— L ——” or “—— 7 strokes ——”. This format is suitable for creating indexes, printing name lists, and quickly locating names.