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i · the name
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Steven

スティーブン
from Greek stéphanos — "crown"
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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
主千文
su-ti-bun
the center, what you never finish counting, and letters
see what it means
千
iv · about kanji i

主千文

  • 主suthe center, the one who holds the house together
  • 千tithe thousand, what you never finish counting
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
a central, abundant name — for someone who holds what is theirs and always has plenty.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of holding the center and owning what is yours, having in plenty what you never finish counting, and putting into life the color of letters and words.

v · kanji ii
寿知文
su-ti-bun
the celebration, noticing, and letters
see what it means
千
vi · about kanji ii

寿知文

  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
  • 知tinoticing, seeing what is going on
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
a festive, wide-awake name — for someone who celebrates what arrives and sees what is going on.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of celebrating the years that add up, noticing what is going on around you, and putting into life the color of letters and words.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 崇智文— what is high and noble, with the head that sees what is coming
  • 粋致文— refined taste, with the steadiness to carry it all through to the end
  • 主智文— the center of the house, with the head that sees what is coming
  • 寿汀文— the celebration, with the calm of the water's edge
  • 崇治文— what is high and noble, with the hand that sets right what is broken
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iii 崇智文
su-ti-bunwhat is high and noble, the head that sees what is coming, and letters
  • 崇suwhat is high and noble, what you look up to
  • 智tithe head that sees what is coming
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking up toward what is high and noble, having the head that sees what is coming, and putting into life the color of letters and words.

choose this one
iv 粋致文
su-ti-bunrefined taste, carrying things through, and letters
  • 粋surefined taste, elegance with no ornament
  • 致ticarrying a thing through to the end
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having the refined taste that needs no ornament, carrying each thing through to the end, and putting into life the color of letters and words.

choose this one
v 主智文
su-ti-bunthe center, the head that sees what is coming, and letters
  • 主suthe center, the one who holds the house together
  • 智tithe head that sees what is coming
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of holding the center and owning what is yours, having the head that sees what is coming, and putting into life the color of letters and words.

choose this one
vi 寿汀文
su-ti-bunthe celebration, the quiet edge of the water, and letters
  • 寿suthe celebration, the years that add up
  • 汀tithe waterline, the quiet edge
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of celebrating the years that add up, keeping the calm of the line where the water meets the shore, and letting letters and words give color to what you do.

choose this one
vii 崇治文
su-ti-bunwhat is high and noble, setting things right, and letters
  • 崇suwhat is high and noble, what you look up to
  • 治tihealing, setting right what is broken
  • 文bunletters and words, the color they put into life
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking up toward what is high and noble, healing and setting right what is broken, and putting into life the color of letters and words.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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主千文
Steven
千
主千文
Steven
Holding the center and owning what is yours, having in plenty what you never finish counting, and putting into life the color of letters and words.
千

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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 Stevens, 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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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 Steven — the same for any Steven. 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.

主千文
Steven
T-shirt
主千文
Mug
主千文
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