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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Monica

モニカ
from Greek mónos — "one, alone"; though some trace it instead to North Africa
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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
望仁佳
mo-ni-ka
the future opening up, compassion and what is beautiful
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

望仁佳

  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 佳kagoodness and beauty brought together
a warm, bright name — for someone who looks ahead without letting go of anyone's hand.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a future full of hope ahead of you, putting yourself in the other person's place, and bringing goodness and beauty together.

v · kanji ii
桃日歌
mo-ni-ka
the peach in blossom, the sun and song
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vi · about kanji ii

桃日歌

  • 桃mothe peach, the pink blossom of spring
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 歌kasong, the voice that sings
a bright, spring-like name — for someone who opens the day and sings it.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening like the pink blossom of the peach, rising the way the sun rises, and singing with a voice of your own.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 望虹華— the future opening up and the rainbow, with a splendid brilliance
  • 桃丹香— the peach in blossom and an honest heart, with a perfume of your own
  • 望日花— the future opening up and the sun, with the beauty of a flower
  • 桃仁架— the peach in blossom and compassion, building a bridge between people
  • 桃虹佳— the peach in blossom and the rainbow, with goodness and beauty together
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iii 望虹華
mo-ni-kathe future opening up, the rainbow and the brilliance
  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 華kaa radiant, splendid brilliance
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a future full of hope ahead of you, appearing the way a rainbow appears, and shining with a splendid radiance.

choose this one
iv 桃丹香
mo-ni-kathe peach in blossom, an honest heart and the perfume
  • 桃mothe peach, the pink blossom of spring
  • 丹nithe red of an honest heart
  • 香kathe perfume that stays behind as you pass
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening like the pink blossom of the peach, carrying the red of an honest heart, and leaving behind a perfume people recognize.

choose this one
v 望日花
mo-ni-kathe future opening up, the sun and the flower
  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 花kaa beauty that draws people in
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a future full of hope ahead of you, rising the way the sun rises, and drawing people in the way a flower does.

choose this one
vi 桃仁架
mo-ni-kathe peach in blossom, compassion and the bridge
  • 桃mothe peach, the pink blossom of spring
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 架kabuilding a bridge between people
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening like the pink blossom of the peach, putting yourself in the other person's place, and building a bridge between people.

choose this one
vii 桃虹佳
mo-ni-kathe peach in blossom, the rainbow and what is beautiful
  • 桃mothe peach, the pink blossom of spring
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 佳kagoodness and beauty brought together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening like the pink blossom of the peach, appearing the way a rainbow appears, and bringing goodness and beauty together.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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望仁佳
Monica
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望仁佳
Monica
Having a future full of hope ahead of you, putting yourself in the other person's place, and bringing goodness and beauty together.
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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 Monicas, 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 Monica — the same for any Monica. 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.

望仁佳
Monica
T-shirt
望仁佳
Mug
望仁佳
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