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 «Miguel»: 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 drawing people to you without trying, carrying with you the calm of the moon, and the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of walking a path that is your own, mastering a craft until it becomes art, and moving through life with ease and grace.
Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the sign that something good is coming, being the source everything springs from, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.
Your name carries the meaning of reaching further and further out, welcoming whoever arrives with the door open, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of having the presence of a palace, keeping something deep inside that does not show at first, and moving through life with ease and grace.
Your name carries the meaning of drawing people to you without trying, being the source everything springs from, and carrying the bright blue of the sea.
Your name carries the meaning of walking a path that is your own, carrying with you the calm of the moon, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.
did you like it more than you expected?
☕ buy me a coffeeEverything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Miguels, 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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