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

ルース
from Hebrew rut — "the companion, the friend"
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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
琉澄
ru-su
the blue of the sea, and clear water
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iv · about kanji i

琉澄

  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
  • 澄suclear water, what can be seen to the bottom
a clean, deep name — for someone who shows up exactly as they are.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the bright blue of the sea with you, and being clear water you can see to the bottom of.

v · kanji ii
流寿
ru-su
ease, and the celebration
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vi · about kanji ii

流寿

  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
a light, festive name — for someone who carries the years well.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and celebrating every year that adds up.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 瑠珠— the blue of lapis lazuli, with the round shine of a pearl
  • 流翠— the ease of someone moving with grace, in the calm green of jade
  • 琉翠— the bright blue of the sea, next to the calm green of jade
  • 瑠澄— the blue of lapis lazuli, in water you can see to the bottom of
  • 流粋— ease in how you move, with an elegant taste and no ornament
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now you can see all seven versions.

iii 瑠珠
ru-sulapis lazuli, and the pearl
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
  • 珠suthe pearl, the round shine that forms slowly
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the blue of lapis lazuli, and the round shine of a pearl that forms slowly.

choose this one
iv 流翠
ru-suease, and the green of jade
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
  • 翠suthe calm green of jade
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and carrying it in the calm green of jade.

choose this one
v 琉翠
ru-suthe blue of the sea, and the green of jade
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
  • 翠suthe calm green of jade
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the bright blue of the sea, and setting the calm green of jade beside it.

choose this one
vi 瑠澄
ru-sulapis lazuli, and clear water
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
  • 澄suclear water, what can be seen to the bottom
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the blue of lapis lazuli, and being clear water you can see to the bottom of.

choose this one
vii 流粋
ru-suease, and taste with no ornament
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
  • 粋surefined taste, elegance with no ornament
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving through life with ease and grace, and doing it with refined taste and no ornament.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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琉澄
Ruth
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琉澄
Ruth
Carrying the bright blue of the sea with you, and being clear water you can see to the bottom of.
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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 Ruths, 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 Ruth — the same for any Ruth. 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.

琉澄
Ruth
T-shirt
琉澄
Mug
琉澄
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