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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Jacob

ジェイコブ
from Hebrew Ya'aqov — "the one who grasps the heel"
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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
慈栄意光歩
ji-e-i-ko-bu
a deep warmth, prospering, will, a light of your own, and a steady step
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

慈栄意光歩

  • 慈jia deep warmth, treating the other person well
  • 栄eprospering, having what is yours flourish
  • 意ithe will, what one decides to hold to
  • 光kolight, a brightness of your own
  • 歩buthe step, moving forward one at a time
a warm, steady name — for someone who moves forward without leaving anyone behind.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of treating well the person beside you, seeing what is yours flourish, holding to what you decide, giving light with a brightness of your own, and moving forward one step at a time.

v · kanji ii
時恵偉幸舞
ji-e-i-ko-bu
the instant that never comes back, giving, a large stature, happiness, and the dance
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vi · about kanji ii

時恵偉幸舞

  • 時jithe instant that never comes back
  • 恵egiving, sharing out what you have
  • 偉ia large stature, what gets noticed
  • 幸kohappiness, the joy of the good days
  • 舞buthe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
a generous, joyful name — for someone who never lets the moment pass.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making the most of the instant that never comes back, sharing out what you have, having the stature of someone who gets noticed, keeping the joy of the good days, and moving with the grace of someone dancing.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 慈映威虎武— a deep warmth and quiet authority, with the strength of the tiger
  • 時瑛唯琥歩— the instant that never comes back and the shine of crystal, with the color of amber
  • 慈笑依好舞— a deep warmth and a smile always there, with a taste for good company
  • 時江意湖巫— the instant that never comes back and the wide river, with the deep calm of the lake
  • 慈縁偉心武— a deep warmth and the ties that appear, with the temper never to give in
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iii 慈映威虎武
ji-e-i-ko-bua deep warmth, standing out, quiet authority, the tiger, and a warrior's temper
  • 慈jia deep warmth, treating the other person well
  • 映estanding out, looking right wherever you are
  • 威ithe authority that does not need to raise its voice
  • 虎kothe tiger, the strength you can see in how it walks
  • 武buthe temper of a warrior, not giving in
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of treating well the person beside you, standing out wherever you are, having authority without raising your voice, walking with the strength people can see in a tiger, and never giving in.

choose this one
iv 時瑛唯琥歩
ji-e-i-ko-buthe instant that never comes back, crystal, what is one of a kind, amber, and a steady step
  • 時jithe instant that never comes back
  • 瑛ethe transparent shine of crystal
  • 唯iwhat is one of a kind, what does not repeat
  • 琥koamber, a honey-colored glow
  • 歩buthe step, moving forward one at a time
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making the most of the instant that never comes back, shining with the clearness of crystal, being the only one there is like you, keeping the honey-colored glow of amber, and moving forward one step at a time.

choose this one
v 慈笑依好舞
ji-e-i-ko-bua deep warmth, the smile, a shoulder to lean on, friendship, and the dance
  • 慈jia deep warmth, treating the other person well
  • 笑ethe smile, always there
  • 依istaying close, letting others lean on you
  • 好kofriendship, a taste for good company
  • 舞buthe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of treating well the person beside you, smiling always, letting others lean on you, enjoying good company, and moving with the grace of someone dancing.

choose this one
vi 時江意湖巫
ji-e-i-ko-buthe instant that never comes back, the wide river, will, the calm lake, and the bridge
  • 時jithe instant that never comes back
  • 江ethe wide river, what opens out
  • 意ithe will, what one decides to hold to
  • 湖kothe lake, the deep calm of still water
  • 巫buthe bridge between people and what cannot be seen
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making the most of the instant that never comes back, opening out like a wide river, holding to what you decide, keeping the deep calm of still water, and being a bridge toward what cannot be seen.

choose this one
vii 慈縁偉心武
ji-e-i-ko-bua deep warmth, the tie that appears, a large stature, the heart, and a warrior's temper
  • 慈jia deep warmth, treating the other person well
  • 縁ethe encounter, the tie that appears
  • 偉ia large stature, what gets noticed
  • 心kothe heart, what you put into everything you do
  • 武buthe temper of a warrior, not giving in
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of treating well the person beside you, caring for the tie that appears, having the stature of someone who gets noticed, putting your heart into everything you do, and never giving in.

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慈栄意光歩
Jacob
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慈栄意光歩
Jacob
Treating well the person beside you, seeing what is yours flourish, holding to what you decide, giving light with a brightness of your own, and moving forward one step at a time.
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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 Jacobs, 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 Jacob — the same for any Jacob. 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.

慈栄意光歩
Jacob
T-shirt
慈栄意光歩
Mug
慈栄意光歩
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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