The invention relates to a rapid three-dimensional dynamic gesture recognition method and system based on a character value subdivision method. To solve the problems existing in the prior art, the invention designs a hardware platform with a small appearance; an accelerometer is used for acquiring the 3-axis acceleration of a user gesture; a gyroscope is used for acquiring the 3-axis angle velocity of the user gesture; a magnetometer is used for acquiring the 3-axis magnetic induction intensity of the user gesture; data error is eliminated through a filtering algorithm, and then attitude algorithm is performed to work out real-time three attitude angles (a course angle, a roll angle, and a pitch angel), three-dimensional dynamic gestures with a certain discrimination such as movement, rotation, ticking, cross making, shaking, and knocking are recognized through the information data by adoption of a character analysis algorithm on the basis of ensuring a certain accuracy and real-time performance, and in this way, corresponding applications can be achieved.