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 «Keith»: 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 lighting hope in the people close to you, and carrying a refined taste with no ornament.
Your name carries the meaning of growing with the force of a big tree, and celebrating the years that add up.
Your name carries the meaning of shining with a brightness that jumps out at you, and always looking up to what is high and noble.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping what is noble and precious without handling it lightly, and holding the center of what is yours.
Your name carries the meaning of overflowing with a gladness that catches on, and carrying a refined taste with no ornament.
Your name carries the meaning of lighting hope in the people close to you, and holding the center of what is yours.
Your name carries the meaning of shining with a brightness that jumps out at you, and celebrating the years that add up.
did you like it more than you expected?
☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Keiths, 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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