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

ニコール
from Greek Nikólaos — "the victory of the people"; it reached English through French
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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
虹光琉
ni-ko-ru
the rainbow, a light of your own, and the blue of the sea
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

虹光琉

  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 光kolight, a brightness of your own
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
a bright, wide name — for someone whose arrival changes the color of the day.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of appearing the way a rainbow appears, lighting the way with a brightness of your own, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.

v · kanji ii
仁琴瑠
ni-ko-ru
compassion, the koto and the blue gem
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vi · about kanji ii

仁琴瑠

  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 琴kothe koto, the long strings that sound when you pluck them
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
a serene, musical name — for someone who listens before she speaks.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of treating others with compassion, making the long strings of the koto sound, and keeping the calm blue shine of a gem.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 日湖琉— the sun and the deep calm of the water, over the blue of the sea
  • 丹幸流— a whole heart and the joy of the good days, with ease
  • 虹瑚瑠— the rainbow and the coral, with the calm blue of a gem
  • 仁琥琉— compassion and amber, over the bright blue of the sea
  • 日好流— the sun and good company, with ease and grace
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iii 日湖琉
ni-ko-ruthe sun, the still lake and the blue sea
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 湖kothe lake, the deep calm of still water
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the light of the sun with you, keeping the deep calm of still water, and the bright blue of the sea.

choose this one
iv 丹幸流
ni-ko-ruan honest heart, the joy and the ease
  • 丹nithe red of an honest heart
  • 幸kohappiness, the joy of the good days
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting your whole heart into what you do, keeping the joy of the good days, and moving through life with ease and grace.

choose this one
v 虹瑚瑠
ni-ko-ruthe rainbow, the coral and the blue gem
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 瑚kocoral, the red branch that grows under the sea
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of appearing the way a rainbow appears, carrying the red of the coral that grows under the sea, and keeping the calm blue shine of a gem.

choose this one
vi 仁琥琉
ni-ko-rucompassion, the amber and the blue sea
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 琥koamber, a honey-colored glow
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of treating others with compassion, keeping the honey-colored glow of amber, and the bright blue of the sea.

choose this one
vii 日好流
ni-ko-ruthe sun, friendship and the ease
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 好kofriendship, a taste for good company
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the light of the sun with you, enjoying good company, and moving through life with ease and grace.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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Nicole
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虹光琉
Nicole
Appearing the way a rainbow appears, lighting the way with a brightness of your own, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.
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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 Nicoles, 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
I want mine, written by hand →
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 Nicole — the same for any Nicole. 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.

虹光琉
Nicole
T-shirt
虹光琉
Mug
虹光琉
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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