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 «Luna»: 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 through life with ease and grace, and ripening the way fruit ripens on the tree.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the bright blue of the sea, and pushing with the energy of the wave.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying the blue of lapis lazuli, and leaving the wind still and the water calm around you.
Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and opening like the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the bright blue of the sea, and staying at the shore, where the wave reaches the sand.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying the blue of lapis lazuli, and keeping the summer sun and its thick green.
Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and touching others gently.
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☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Lunas, 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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