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i · the name
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Cynthia

シンシア
from Greek Kynthía — "the one from Mount Cynthus", the mountain on the island of Delos
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

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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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
心詩愛
shin-shi-a
the heart, poetry and an overflowing love
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iv · about kanji i

心詩愛

  • 心shinthe heart, what you put into everything you do
  • 詩shipoetry, looking at the world through words
  • 愛aan overflowing love, loved by everyone
a warm, poetic name — for someone who puts their heart into everything they touch.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting your heart into everything you do, looking at the world the way a poet looks at it, and overflowing with a love that leaves you loved by everyone.

v · kanji ii
真梓愛
shin-shi-a
what is genuine, the straight wood of the bow, and everyone's love
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vi · about kanji ii

真梓愛

  • 真shinwhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 梓shithe straight wood that bows are made from
  • 愛aan overflowing love, loved by everyone
an honest, well-loved name — for someone who never bends out of shape and still holds people close.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being genuine with nothing feigned, staying straight as the wood that bows are made from, and being loved by everyone around you.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 新紫彩— what is new and the purple of what is noble, with color up front
  • 芯糸綾— the core that does not bend and the thread that ties, with the pattern of silk
  • 森梓蒼— the forest and the straight wood, under an open sky
  • 信賜旭— trust and what comes as a gift, with the first light of day
  • 伸詩杏— growing freely and poetry, with the blossom that runs ahead of spring
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iii 新紫彩
shin-shi-awhat is new, the purple and the color
  • 新shinwhat is new, the bud something starts from
  • 紫shipurple, the color of what is noble
  • 彩acolor, liveliness
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of starting over the way a new bud comes out, carrying the purple of what is noble, and filling everything with color and liveliness.

choose this one
iv 芯糸綾
shin-shi-athe firm core, the thread that ties and figured silk
  • 芯shinthe core inside, what does not bend
  • 糸shithe thread that ties people together
  • 綾afigured silk, the pattern of the weave
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of holding the core inside without bending, looking after the thread that ties you to your people, and weaving it all into the pattern of figured silk.

choose this one
v 森梓蒼
shin-shi-athe forest, the straight wood and the open sky
  • 森shinthe forest, the life of the trees together
  • 梓shithe straight wood that bows are made from
  • 蒼athe blue of an open sky, the freshness of what is young
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of growing the way a whole forest grows, staying as straight as the wood that bows are made from, and breathing the fresh blue of an open sky.

choose this one
vi 信賜旭
shin-shi-atrust, what is given and the sun at dawn
  • 信shintrust, believing the word the other person gives
  • 賜shiwhat is received as a gift
  • 旭athe sun at dawn, the first light
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of trusting and being trusted, taking as a gift what life keeps leaving you, and coming out each morning with the sun at dawn.

choose this one
vii 伸詩杏
shin-shi-agrowing freely, poetry and the early blossom
  • 伸shinstretching out freely, growing with nothing pressing in
  • 詩shipoetry, looking at the world through words
  • 杏athe apricot, the blossom that runs ahead of spring
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of stretching out with nothing pressing in, looking at the world the way a poet looks at it, and blossoming ahead of everyone like the apricot flower.

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viii · wallpaper
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心詩愛
Cynthia
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心詩愛
Cynthia
Putting your heart into everything you do, looking at the world the way a poet looks at it, and overflowing with a love that leaves you loved by everyone.
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ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Cynthias, 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.

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three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
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x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Cynthia — the same for any Cynthia. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

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.

心詩愛
Cynthia
T-shirt
心詩愛
Mug
心詩愛
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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