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

ルビー
from Latin rubeus — "red"
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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
琉美
ru-bi
the blue of the sea, and beauty
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iv · about kanji i

琉美

  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
  • 美bibeauty, what is well made
a blue, well-made name — for someone who shines without raising her voice.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the bright blue of the sea, and keeping the beauty of what is well made.

v · kanji ii
流日
ru-bi
ease, and the light of day
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vi · about kanji ii

流日

  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
  • 日bithe sun, the light of day
an easy, bright name — for someone who arrives and clears the day.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and carrying the light of day with you.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 瑠美— the blue of lapis lazuli, with the beauty of what is well made
  • 琉日— the bright blue of the sea, with the sun above it
  • 流美— ease, with the beauty of what is well made
  • 瑠日— the blue of lapis lazuli, under the light of day
  • 流毘— ease, with an arm that holds the other person up
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iii 瑠美
ru-bilapis lazuli, and beauty
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
  • 美bibeauty, what is well made
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the blue of lapis lazuli, and keeping the beauty of what is well made.

choose this one
iv 琉日
ru-bithe blue of the sea, and the sun
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
  • 日bithe sun, the light of day
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying with you the bright blue of the sea, and putting the sun and the light of day above it.

choose this one
v 流美
ru-biease, and beauty
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
  • 美bibeauty, what is well made
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and keeping the beauty of what is well made.

choose this one
vi 瑠日
ru-bilapis lazuli, and the light of day
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
  • 日bithe sun, the light of day
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the blue of lapis lazuli, and opening it up with the sun and the light of day.

choose this one
vii 流毘
ru-biease, and holding up
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
  • 毘biholding up, helping the other person hold on
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and helping the other person hold on.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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琉美
Ruby
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琉美
Ruby
Carrying with you the bright blue of the sea, and keeping the beauty of what is well made.
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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.

🎨 make your own wallpaper →
ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Rubys, 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 Ruby — the same for any Ruby. 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.

琉美
Ruby
T-shirt
琉美
Mug
琉美
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