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 «Michael»: 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 with the grace of someone dancing, bringing reasons to celebrate with you, and carrying the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of being genuinely what you appear to be, having the stature of someone who gets noticed, keeping the cleanness of polished jade, and moving through life with ease and grace.
Your name carries the meaning of moving with the grace of someone dancing, opening the door that was closed, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.
Your name carries the meaning of filling up like the full moon, letting others lean on you, having a view only you can see, and carrying the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of moving with the grace of someone dancing, wearing the laurel of those who win, and doing it with ease and grace.
Your name carries the meaning of keeping the harmony of what is round around you, being the only one there is like you, carrying the breath of someone fully alive, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.
Your name carries the meaning of being plain and clean like the fiber of linen, holding to what you set out to do, bringing reasons to celebrate, and moving with ease and grace.
did you like it more than you expected?
☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Michaels, 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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