names · 漢字 — cinema ES your wallpaper ↓
i · the name
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Samantha

サマンサ
a feminine form of Samuel — "God has heard"; it appears in the American South around 1600
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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
咲満紗
sa-man-sa
the flower that opens, the full moon, and fine silk
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iv · about kanji i

咲満紗

  • 咲sathe flower that opens
  • 満manfilling up completely, the full moon
  • 紗sathe fine silk that lets the light through
a bright, soft name — for someone who opens up and lets the light through.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening like the flower in bloom, filling up completely like the full moon, and the fine silk that lets the light through.

v · kanji ii
冴万彩
sa-man-sa
a clear mind, what cannot be counted, and color
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vi · about kanji ii

冴万彩

  • 冴saa clear mind, a wide-awake edge
  • 万manwhat cannot be counted, everything there is
  • 彩sacolor, liveliness
a wide-awake, lively name — for someone who sees clearly and adds the color.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a clear mind and a wide-awake edge, taking in what cannot be counted, and carrying color and liveliness.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 桜曼紗— the cherry tree in bloom, stretched out unhurried
  • 沙満桜— fine sand and the full moon, under the cherry tree
  • 彩曼咲— live color stretching out, and the flower opening
  • 紗万冴— fine silk and everything there is, seen with a clear mind
  • 桜満沙— the cherry tree and the full moon, over fine sand
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iii 桜曼紗
sa-man-sathe cherry tree in bloom, what stretches out unhurried, and fine silk
  • 桜sathe cherry tree in bloom, the spring of Japan
  • 曼manwhat stretches out long and unhurried
  • 紗sathe fine silk that lets the light through
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of the cherry tree in bloom that brings the spring of Japan, what stretches out long and unhurried, and the fine silk that lets the light through.

choose this one
iv 沙満桜
sa-man-safine sand, the full moon, and the cherry tree in bloom
  • 沙safine sand, what is small and delicate
  • 満manfilling up completely, the full moon
  • 桜sathe cherry tree in bloom, the spring of Japan
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of fine sand, small and delicate, filling up completely like the full moon, and the cherry tree in bloom of the Japanese spring.

choose this one
v 彩曼咲
sa-man-sacolor, what stretches out unhurried, and the flower that opens
  • 彩sacolor, liveliness
  • 曼manwhat stretches out long and unhurried
  • 咲sathe flower that opens
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying color and liveliness, stretching out long and unhurried, and opening like the flower in bloom.

choose this one
vi 紗万冴
sa-man-safine silk, what cannot be counted, and a clear mind
  • 紗sathe fine silk that lets the light through
  • 万manwhat cannot be counted, everything there is
  • 冴saa clear mind, a wide-awake edge
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of the fine silk that lets the light through, taking in what cannot be counted, and having a clear mind and a wide-awake edge.

choose this one
vii 桜満沙
sa-man-sathe cherry tree in bloom, the full moon, and fine sand
  • 桜sathe cherry tree in bloom, the spring of Japan
  • 満manfilling up completely, the full moon
  • 沙safine sand, what is small and delicate
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of the cherry tree in bloom of the Japanese spring, filling up completely like the full moon, and fine sand, small and delicate.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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咲満紗
Samantha
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咲満紗
Samantha
Opening like the flower in bloom, filling up completely like the full moon, and the fine silk that lets the light through.
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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 Samanthas, 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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x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Samantha — the same for any Samantha. 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.

咲満紗
Samantha
T-shirt
咲満紗
Mug
咲満紗
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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