Round curves. Only one possible form.
Straight strokes. Also a single form — this is how Japan writes names from abroad.
Thousands of characters, each one with its own meaning. Many of them are read «Jose»: none of them is the correct one.
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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Your name carries the meaning of being a treasure to those around you, and carrying that worth with you out into the whole world.
Your name carries the meaning of climbing to the height of a summit, and keeping your spirits as clear as a sky without clouds.
Your name carries the meaning of having an abundant and generous life, and answering always with the sincerity of someone who does what he says.
Your name carries the meaning of being the friend that others lean on, and shining for them like a star that never moves from the sky.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying your fruit like a ripe ear of grain, and keeping with you the clean clarity of water.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying calmly the pride of what you are, and making yourself heard with a voice that others recognize.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the nobility of a phoenix, and keeping a calm that nothing manages to break.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Joses, 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.



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