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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Nancy

ナンシー
from Hebrew Hannah — "grace, favor"; it began as an affectionate diminutive of Anne
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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
寧詩
nan-shi
a serene calm and poetry
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

寧詩

  • 寧nana serene calm that nothing disturbs
  • 詩shipoetry, looking at the world through words
a serene, poetic name — for someone who looks slowly and sees more.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping a calm that nothing disturbs, and looking at the world the way a poet looks at it.

v · kanji ii
南志
nan-shi
the southern sun and the path you chose
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vi · about kanji ii

南志

  • 南nanthe warmth of the southern sun
  • 志shithe path you set for yourself
a warm, decided name — for someone who walks with the sun on her side.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the warmth of the southern sun, and following the path you set for yourself.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 寧紫— a calm that nothing disturbs, with the purple of what is noble
  • 南糸— the warmth of the south, with the thread that ties your people together
  • 楠司— the tree that stands up to the years, with a hand that takes charge
  • 寧賜— a calm that nothing disturbs, with what comes to you as a gift
  • 南梓— the warmth of the south, with the straight wood that bows are made from
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iii 寧紫
nan-shia serene calm and the purple
  • 寧nana serene calm that nothing disturbs
  • 紫shipurple, the color of what is noble
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping a calm that nothing disturbs, and carrying the purple of what is noble.

choose this one
iv 南糸
nan-shithe southern sun and the thread that binds
  • 南nanthe warmth of the southern sun
  • 糸shithe thread that ties people together
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the warmth of the southern sun, and keeping hold of the thread that ties you to your people.

choose this one
v 楠司
nan-shithe tree that stands up to the years and taking charge
  • 楠nanthe great tree that stands up to the passing years
  • 司shitaking charge and carrying forward what gets started
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of standing up to the passing years like the great tree, and taking charge of what you start until you carry it through.

choose this one
vi 寧賜
nan-shia serene calm and what comes as a gift
  • 寧nana serene calm that nothing disturbs
  • 賜shiwhat is received as a gift
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping a calm that nothing disturbs, and receiving as a gift whatever life sets in front of you.

choose this one
vii 南梓
nan-shithe southern sun and the straight wood
  • 南nanthe warmth of the southern sun
  • 梓shithe straight wood that bows are made from
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the warmth of the southern sun, and staying as straight as the wood that bows are made from.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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寧詩
Nancy
千
寧詩
Nancy
Keeping a calm that nothing disturbs, and looking at the world the way a poet looks at it.
千

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 Nancys, 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 Nancy — the same for any Nancy. 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.

寧詩
Nancy
T-shirt
寧詩
Mug
寧詩
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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