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 «Juan»: 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 moving as free as the wind, and giving your own people the calm of being safe.
Your name carries the meaning of having more than enough for yourself and for others, and carrying the serenity of a clear day.
Your name carries the meaning of receiving and going on playing the melody your people left you, and keeping for yourself the calm of a simple retreat.
Your name carries the meaning of holding up with your arm whoever needs it, and leaving them in return the calm of being safe.
Your name carries the meaning of moving as free as the wind, and carrying with you the serenity of a clear day.
Your name carries the meaning of having more than enough for yourself and for others, and keeping the calm of a simple retreat.
Your name carries the meaning of going on playing the melody your people left you, and giving with it the calm of being safe.
did you like it more than you expected?
☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Juans, 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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