Round curves. Only one possible form.
Straight strokes. Also a single form — this is how Japan writes names from abroad.
Thousands of characters, each one with its own meaning. Many of them are read «Christina»: none of them is the correct one.
That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.
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Your name carries the meaning of opening out like the open sky, carrying the scent of jasmine, holding the clearness of water, seeing what is coming, and opening like the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.
Your name carries the meaning of lasting without running out, understanding the reason of things, carrying the calm green of jade, noticing what goes on around you, and bearing fruit like the tree that ripens.
Your name carries the meaning of going your own way across the sky like the clouds, letting the light through like a colored jewel, celebrating the years as they add up, counting by thousands without finishing, and arriving the way a wave reaches the sand.
Your name carries the meaning of shining quietly like the polished black stone, holding together, forming slowly the way a pearl forms, staying at the quiet edge of the water, and bringing the calm of the wind when it stops.
Your name carries the meaning of leaving a soft scent on whatever you touch, living by your own rules and at your own rhythm, holding the clearness of water, setting right what is broken, and pushing the way a wave pushes.
Your name carries the meaning of running at full speed, having the edge of a quick mind, carrying the calm green of jade, carrying each thing through to the end, and keeping the summer sun with its thick green.
Your name carries the meaning of opening out like the open sky, being the warm place where people gather, forming slowly the way a pearl forms, keeping the word you gave, and gathering what is beautiful and plentiful.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Christinas, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.
If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.
Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.
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