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i · the name
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Richard

リチャード
from Germanic Ric-hard — "the strong ruler"
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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
凛智夜道
ri-chi-ya-do
holding together, seeing what comes, and keeping to your path through the night
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

凛智夜道

  • 凛ritemper, holding together
  • 智chithe mind that sees what is coming
  • 夜yathe night, its silence and what it keeps without showing
  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
a whole, quiet name — for someone who sees things coming and keeps walking.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of holding together when it gets hard, having a mind that sees what is coming, keeping the silence of the night and what it does not show, and walking on foot the path that is yours.

v · kanji ii
利茶道
ri-cha-do
thinking fast, keeping the calm of the tea leaf, and following your own path
see what it means
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vi · about kanji ii

利茶道

  • 利rithe edge of a quick mind
  • 茶chathe tea tree, the deep and calm color of its leaf
  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
a quick, serene name — for someone who thinks fast without straying from their path.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having the edge of a quick mind, keeping the deep and calm color of the tea leaf, and walking on foot the path that is yours.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 凛茶導— the temper of someone who holds together, with the hand that opens the way
  • 律茶動— living at your own rhythm, with the energy that never sits still
  • 理茶導— the reason of things, with the hand that opens the way
  • 凛茶土— the temper of someone who holds together, with the root that holds
  • 律茶努— living at your own rhythm, with the effort of every day
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iii 凛茶導
ri-cha-dotemper, the tea tree, and guiding others
  • 凛ritemper, holding together
  • 茶chathe tea tree, the deep and calm color of its leaf
  • 導doguiding and opening the way for others
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having the temper to hold together, keeping the deep and calm color of the tea leaf, and guiding and opening the way for others.

choose this one
iv 律茶動
ri-cha-doyour own rhythm, the tea tree, and energy
  • 律riliving by their own rules and at their own rhythm
  • 茶chathe tea tree, the deep and calm color of its leaf
  • 動dodrive, the energy that never sits still
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of living by your own rules and at your own rhythm, keeping the deep and calm color of the tea leaf, and carrying the energy that never sits still.

choose this one
v 理茶導
ri-cha-dothe reason of things, the tea tree, and opening the way
  • 理rithe reason of things, understanding how they work
  • 茶chathe tea tree, the deep and calm color of its leaf
  • 導doguiding and opening the way for others
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of understanding the reason of things and how they work, picking the shoot between the grass and the tree, which is what the strokes of tea draw and where its deep and calm color comes from, and opening the way for others.

choose this one
vi 凛茶土
ri-cha-dotemper, the tea tree, and the root that holds
  • 凛ritemper, holding together
  • 茶chathe tea tree, the deep and calm color of its leaf
  • 土dothe earth, the root that holds
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having the temper to hold together, keeping the deep and calm color of the tea leaf, and holding on in the earth like a root.

choose this one
vii 律茶努
ri-cha-doyour own rhythm, the tea tree, and the effort of every day
  • 律riliving by their own rules and at their own rhythm
  • 茶chathe tea tree, the deep and calm color of its leaf
  • 努dothe steady effort of every day
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of living by your own rules and at your own rhythm, keeping the deep and calm color of the tea leaf, and putting in the steady effort of every day.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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凛智夜道
Richard
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凛智夜道
Richard
Holding together when it gets hard, having a mind that sees what is coming, keeping the silence of the night and what it does not show, and walking on foot the path that is yours.
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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 Richards, 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.

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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 Richard — the same for any Richard. 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.

凛智夜道
Richard
T-shirt
凛智夜道
Mug
凛智夜道
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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