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i · the name
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Erica

エリカ
from Old Norse Eiríkr — "the one who rules always"; in Latin erica is also the heather
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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
恵里香
e-ri-ka
giving, the warm village and the perfume
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

恵里香

  • 恵egiving, sharing out what you have
  • 里rithe village, the warm place where people gather
  • 香kathe perfume that stays behind as you pass
a generous, warm name — for someone who gathers people around them.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of sharing out what you have, turning the place where you are into a warm village where people gather, and leaving behind a perfume people recognize.

v · kanji ii
笑律歌
e-ri-ka
the smile always there, your own rhythm and song
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vi · about kanji ii

笑律歌

  • 笑ethe smile, always there
  • 律riliving by their own rules and at their own rhythm
  • 歌kasong, the voice that sings
a bright, free name — for someone who moves at their own tempo and passes the laughter on.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of wearing the smile always, living by your own rules and at your own rhythm, and letting what is yours come out sung.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 瑛璃花— the shine of crystal and the colored jewel, with the beauty of a flower
  • 縁理架— the encounter and understanding how things work, with a bridge between people
  • 栄莉華— prospering and jasmine, with a splendid shine
  • 映凛佳— standing out and temper, with goodness and beauty together
  • 江里花— the wide river and the warm village, with the beauty of a flower
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iii 瑛璃花
e-ri-kathe shine of crystal, the colored jewel and the flower
  • 瑛ethe transparent shine of crystal
  • 璃ricolored glass, the jewel that lets the light through
  • 花kaa beauty that draws people in
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of shining with the transparency of crystal, letting the light through the way a colored jewel does, and opening the way a flower opens.

choose this one
iv 縁理架
e-ri-kathe encounter, understanding how things work and the bridge
  • 縁ethe encounter, the tie that appears
  • 理rithe reason of things, understanding how they work
  • 架kabuilding a bridge between people
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking after the encounters life brings you, understanding the reason things work the way they do, and building a bridge between people.

choose this one
v 栄莉華
e-ri-kaprospering, jasmine and a splendid shine
  • 栄eprospering, having what is yours flourish
  • 莉rijasmine, the white flower with a strong scent
  • 華kaa radiant, splendid brilliance
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having what is yours flourish, giving off scent the way white jasmine does, and shining with a splendid radiance.

choose this one
vi 映凛佳
e-ri-kastanding out, temper and the good with the beautiful
  • 映estanding out, looking right wherever you are
  • 凛ritemper, holding together
  • 佳kagoodness and beauty brought together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of standing out wherever you are, holding together with temper, and bringing goodness and beauty into one.

choose this one
vii 江里花
e-ri-kathe wide river, the warm village and the flower
  • 江ethe wide river, what opens out
  • 里rithe village, the warm place where people gather
  • 花kaa beauty that draws people in
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of running wide the way the river runs, turning the place where you are into a warm village where people gather, and opening the way a flower opens.

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viii · wallpaper
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恵里香
Erica
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恵里香
Erica
Sharing out what you have, turning the place where you are into a warm village where people gather, and leaving behind a perfume people recognize.
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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 Ericas, 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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x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

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

恵里香
Erica
T-shirt
恵里香
Mug
恵里香
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