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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Helen

ヘレン
from Greek Helénē — "the torch, the light you carry in your hand"
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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
平蓮
he-ren
peace, and the lotus that comes up clean
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iv · about kanji i

平蓮

  • 平hepeace, what runs without sudden jolts
  • 蓮renthe lotus, which comes up clean out of muddy water
a serene, clean name — for someone who goes through what is muddy without taking it on.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of living in peace with no sudden jolts, and coming up clean out of muddy water the way the lotus does.

v · kanji ii
平恋
he-ren
peace, and loving
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vi · about kanji ii

平恋

  • 平hepeace, what runs without sudden jolts
  • 恋renloving, what moves the chest
a calm, passionate name — for someone who loves hard without losing the quiet.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of living in peace with no sudden jolts, and loving with everything that moves your chest.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 経蓮— what adds up over the years, with the cleanness of the lotus
  • 篇恋— the chapter being told, with loving up front
  • 遍蓮— reaching everywhere, with the cleanness of the lotus
  • 経恋— what adds up over the years, with loving up front
  • 篇蓮— the chapter being told, with the cleanness of the lotus
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iii 経蓮
he-renwhat adds up over the years, and the lotus
  • 経hewhat adds up over the years
  • 蓮renthe lotus, which comes up clean out of muddy water
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of gathering what adds up over the years, and coming up clean out of muddy water the way the lotus does.

choose this one
iv 篇恋
he-renthe chapter being told, and loving
  • 篇hethe chapter, the piece of the story being told
  • 恋renloving, what moves the chest
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of telling the piece of the story that is yours, and loving with everything that moves your chest.

choose this one
v 遍蓮
he-renreaching everywhere, and the lotus
  • 遍hereaching everywhere, spreading out
  • 蓮renthe lotus, which comes up clean out of muddy water
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of spreading out until you reach everywhere, and coming up clean out of muddy water the way the lotus does.

choose this one
vi 経恋
he-renwhat adds up over the years, and loving
  • 経hewhat adds up over the years
  • 恋renloving, what moves the chest
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of gathering what adds up over the years, and loving with everything that moves your chest.

choose this one
vii 篇蓮
he-renthe chapter being told, and the lotus
  • 篇hethe chapter, the piece of the story being told
  • 蓮renthe lotus, which comes up clean out of muddy water
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of telling the piece of the story that is yours, and coming up clean out of muddy water the way the lotus does.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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平蓮
Helen
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平蓮
Helen
Living in peace with no sudden jolts, and coming up clean out of muddy water the way the lotus does.
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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 Helens, 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 Helen — the same for any Helen. 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.

平蓮
Helen
T-shirt
平蓮
Mug
平蓮
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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