names · 漢字 — cinema ES your wallpaper ↓
i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Matthew

マシュー
from Hebrew Mattityahu — "gift"
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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
真秀
ma-shu
what is genuine, and what stands above
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iv · about kanji i

真秀

  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 秀shuthe ear of grain that rises above the rest
a genuine, outstanding name — for someone who stands out without making noise.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being genuinely what you appear to be, and standing above in what is yours without having to announce it.

v · kanji ii
満修
ma-shu
the full moon, and the craft that gets polished
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vi · about kanji ii

満修

  • 満mafilling up completely, the full moon
  • 修shupolishing the craft, repeating it until you own it
a full, worked name — for someone who gets to the top by polishing.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of filling up like the full moon, and polishing your craft until it comes out by itself.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 麻守— the fiber of linen, with the one who protects what is his
  • 円朱— harmony, with vermilion red
  • 舞秀— the dance, with something that stands above
  • 真主— what is genuine, with your place well taken
  • 満朱— the full moon, with vermilion red
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iii 麻守
ma-shuthe fiber of linen, and the one who protects
  • 麻mathe fiber of linen, what is natural and clean
  • 守shuprotecting, staying to look after what matters
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being plain and clean like the fiber of linen, and protecting what matters to you.

choose this one
iv 円朱
ma-shuharmony, and vermilion red
  • 円mawhat is round, harmony without edges
  • 朱shuvermilion red, the color of lacquer
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the harmony of what is round around you, and carrying vermilion red with you.

choose this one
v 舞秀
ma-shuthe dance, and what stands above
  • 舞mathe dance, the elegance of someone in motion
  • 秀shuthe ear of grain that rises above the rest
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving with the grace of someone dancing, and standing above in what is yours without announcing it.

choose this one
vi 真主
ma-shuwhat is genuine, and a place of one's own
  • 真mawhat is genuine, nothing feigned
  • 主shuthe center, the one who holds the house together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being genuinely what you appear to be, and taking your place at the center without asking permission.

choose this one
vii 満朱
ma-shuthe full moon, and vermilion red
  • 満mafilling up completely, the full moon
  • 朱shuvermilion red, the color of lacquer
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of filling up like the full moon, and carrying vermilion red with you.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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真秀
Matthew
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真秀
Matthew
Being genuinely what you appear to be, and standing above in what is yours without having to announce it.
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It is not just a wallpaper — take the meaning with you too.

Choose the background, the lettering, whether to show your name or the meaning of your kanji — and download it ready for your lock screen or to share.

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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 Matthews, 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 Matthew — the same for any Matthew. 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.

真秀
Matthew
T-shirt
真秀
Mug
真秀
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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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026