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

ニナ
from Italian -nina, the short form of Antonina and Giannina — "the little one"
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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
仁菜
ni-na
putting yourself in the other's place, and the field in bloom
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iv · about kanji i

仁菜

  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 菜nathe yellow flower that covers the field in spring
a compassionate, bright name — for someone who understands the other person and brightens the place.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting yourself in the other person's place, and carrying with you the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.

v · kanji ii
日凪
ni-na
the sun and the light of day, and the water gone calm
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vi · about kanji ii

日凪

  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 凪nathe wind stopping, the water gone calm
a bright, serene name — for someone who lights the place without making noise.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of bringing the sun and the light of day, and staying as calm as water when the wind stops.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 虹渚— the rainbow after the rain, on the shore where the wave arrives
  • 丹撫— the red of an honest heart, with the gentleness of a caress
  • 虹夏— the rainbow after the rain, with the summer sun
  • 仁奈— the compassion of putting yourself in the other's place, with fruit that ripens
  • 日波— the sun and the light of day, with the energy of a wave
Chosen by the calligrapher for this name — pay what you feel it is worth, from two dollars.
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now you can see all seven versions.

iii 虹渚
ni-nathe rainbow after the rain, and the shore
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening the seven colors of the rainbow after the rain, and staying on the shore where the wave reaches the sand.

choose this one
iv 丹撫
ni-nathe red of an honest heart, and the caress
  • 丹nithe red of an honest heart
  • 撫nathe caress, touching gently
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the red of an honest heart, and touching with the gentleness of a caress.

choose this one
v 虹夏
ni-nathe rainbow after the rain, and summer
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening the seven colors of the rainbow after the rain, and bringing the summer sun over the thick green.

choose this one
vi 仁奈
ni-naputting yourself in the other's place, and the fruit on the tree
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 奈nathe fruit that ripens on the tree
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting yourself in the other person's place, and ripening like fruit on the tree.

choose this one
vii 日波
ni-nathe sun and the light of day, and the wave
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 波nathe wave, the energy that pushes
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of bringing the sun and the light of day, and pushing with the energy of a wave.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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仁菜
Nina
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仁菜
Nina
Putting yourself in the other person's place, and carrying with you the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.
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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 Ninas, 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 Nina — the same for any Nina. 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.

仁菜
Nina
T-shirt
仁菜
Mug
仁菜
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