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i · the name
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Sonia

ソニア
from Greek sophía — "wisdom"; it is the Russian form of Sophia
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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
奏仁彩
so-ni-a
music sounding together, compassion, and color
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iv · about kanji i

奏仁彩

  • 奏soplaying music, making it sound together
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 彩acolor, liveliness
a harmonious, bright name — for someone who makes other people sound together.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making things sound together, putting yourself in the other's place, and putting color and liveliness into what you touch.

v · kanji ii
湊日愛
so-ni-a
the harbor where people gather, the light of day, and love
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vi · about kanji ii

湊日愛

  • 湊sothe harbor, the place where people gather
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 愛aan overflowing love, loved by everyone
a bright, loved name — for someone who gathers people around.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being the harbor where people gather, carrying the light of day with you, and overflowing with love and being loved by everyone.

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vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 想虹綾— what does not exist yet and the rainbow, over figured silk
  • 爽丹藍— fresh air and an honest heart, in a deep blue
  • 創日晶— creating and the light of day, with the clear shine of crystal
  • 蘇仁杏— sprouting again and compassion, with the blossom that runs ahead of spring
  • 奏虹逢— music and the rainbow, with the meetings along the way
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iii 想虹綾
so-ni-awhat does not exist yet, the rainbow, and figured silk
  • 想soimagining, drawing in your head what does not exist yet
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 綾afigured silk, the pattern of the weave
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of drawing in your head what does not exist yet, opening the seven colors of the rainbow after the rain, and carrying it woven like the pattern of figured silk.

choose this one
iv 爽丹藍
so-ni-afresh air, an honest heart, and a deep blue
  • 爽sofresh air, what clears the head
  • 丹nithe red of an honest heart
  • 藍aa deep blue
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of coming in like the fresh air that clears the head, carrying the red of an honest heart, and keeping it all in a deep blue.

choose this one
v 創日晶
so-ni-acreating, the light of day, and the clear shine of crystal
  • 創socreating, making what was not there before
  • 日nithe sun, the light of day
  • 晶athe clear shine of crystal
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of making what was not there before, working at it in the light of day, and leaving it with the clear shine of crystal.

choose this one
vi 蘇仁杏
so-ni-asprouting again, compassion, and the blossom that runs ahead
  • 蘇socoming back into leaf, sprouting again after winter
  • 仁nicompassion, putting yourself in the other's place
  • 杏athe apricot, the blossom that runs ahead of spring
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of coming out again after the winter, looking from the other person's place, and opening like the apricot blossom that runs ahead of spring.

choose this one
vii 奏虹逢
so-ni-amusic, the rainbow, and the meeting
  • 奏soplaying music, making it sound together
  • 虹nithe rainbow, seven colors after the rain
  • 逢athe meeting, the person who appears on your way
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of playing so that everything sounds together, bringing out the seven colors after the rain, and meeting the person who appears on your way.

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viii · wallpaper
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奏仁彩
Sonia
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奏仁彩
Sonia
Making things sound together, putting yourself in the other's place, and putting color and liveliness into what you touch.
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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 Sonias, 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 Sonia — the same for any Sonia. 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.

奏仁彩
Sonia
T-shirt
奏仁彩
Mug
奏仁彩
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