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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Emily

エミリー
from Latin Aemilia — "the one who strives"; it was the name of an old Roman family
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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
恵美莉
e-mi-ri
the hand that gives, beauty and the jasmine
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iv · about kanji i

恵美莉

  • 恵egiving, sharing out what you have
  • 美mibeauty, what is well made
  • 莉rijasmine, the white flower with a strong scent
a warm, flowering name — for someone who gives plenty away and still blooms.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of sharing out what you have, carrying the beauty of something well made, and having the scent of jasmine.

v · kanji ii
笑水凛
e-mi-ri
the smile, clear water and composure
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vi · about kanji ii

笑水凛

  • 笑ethe smile, always there
  • 水mithe clear water that runs
  • 凛ritemper, holding together
a clean, steady name — for someone who smiles without losing her composure.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of smiling always, keeping the cleanness of running water, and holding your composure whatever happens.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 瑛美璃— crystal and beauty, with a jewel that lets the light through
  • 映魅莉— what stands out and what draws people in, with the scent of jasmine
  • 縁瑞里— the encounter and the good sign, with a warm place to come back to
  • 栄弥凛— what flourishes and what spreads, with a serene dignity
  • 笑道律— the smile and your own path, at your own rhythm
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iii 瑛美璃
e-mi-ricrystal, beauty and the colored jewel
  • 瑛ethe transparent shine of crystal
  • 美mibeauty, what is well made
  • 璃ricolored glass, the jewel that lets the light through
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of shining with the transparency of crystal, carrying the beauty of something well made, and letting the light through like a colored jewel.

choose this one
iv 映魅莉
e-mi-riwhat stands out, what draws people in, and the jasmine
  • 映estanding out, looking right wherever you are
  • 魅miwhat draws people in without anyone knowing why
  • 莉rijasmine, the white flower with a strong scent
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of standing out wherever you are, drawing people in without anyone knowing why, and having the scent of jasmine.

choose this one
v 縁瑞里
e-mi-rithe encounter, the good sign and the warm home
  • 縁ethe encounter, the tie that appears
  • 瑞mithe sign that something good is coming
  • 里rithe village, the warm place where people gather
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking after the encounters life brings you, recognizing the sign that something good is coming, and being the warm place where people gather.

choose this one
vi 栄弥凛
e-mi-riwhat flourishes, what spreads and a serene dignity
  • 栄eprospering, having what is yours flourish
  • 弥mispreading further and further, with no end in sight
  • 凛ritemper, holding together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having what is yours flourish, spreading further and further with no end in sight, and holding a serene dignity.

choose this one
vii 笑道律
e-mi-rithe smile, your own path and your own rhythm
  • 笑ethe smile, always there
  • 道miyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 律riliving by their own rules and at their own rhythm
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of smiling always, following your own path on foot, and living by your own rules and at your own rhythm.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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恵美莉
Emily
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恵美莉
Emily
Sharing out what you have, carrying the beauty of something well made, and having the scent of jasmine.
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It is not just a wallpaper — take the meaning with you too.

Choose the background, the lettering, whether to show your name or the meaning of your kanji — and download it ready for your lock screen or to share.

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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 Emilys, 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.

風露依 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
夢玖 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
慈英夢寿 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
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30 USD — and there is no second copy.
x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Emily — the same for any Emily. 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.

恵美莉
Emily
T-shirt
恵美莉
Mug
恵美莉
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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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026