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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Theodore

セオドア
from Greek Theodoros — "gift of God"
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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
誠央道愛
se-o-do-a
sincerity, the center, your own path, and being loved by everyone
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iv · about kanji i

誠央道愛

  • 誠sesincerity, doing what you say
  • 央othe center, the point that does not move
  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 愛aan overflowing love, loved by everyone
a sincere, well-loved name — for someone who says what they do and stays to do it.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of doing what you say, holding the center without moving off it, walking your own path on foot, and being loved by everyone.

v · kanji ii
晴雄努明
se-o-do-a
the sky that clears, courage, the effort of every day, and a clear head
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vi · about kanji ii

晴雄努明

  • 晴sethe sky that clears, a clear spirit
  • 雄ocourage, not shrinking back
  • 努dothe steady effort of every day
  • 明aclarity, a clear head
a clear, steady name — for someone who does not shrink back and comes again the next day.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of clearing the sky wherever you pass, not shrinking back from whatever comes, putting in the steady effort of every day, and keeping a clear head.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 星音導蒼— the star that gives bearing and the music that stays, with the blue of an open sky
  • 世雄動旭— the whole world and courage, with an energy that never sits still
  • 静央土安— a stillness that does not break and a center that does not move, with the root that holds
  • 清雄道晶— transparent water and courage, with the clean shine of crystal
  • 声央導逢— a voice of your own and a center that does not move, with the meetings the road brings
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iii 星音導蒼
se-o-do-athe star, sound, guiding, and the blue of the sky
  • 星sethe star, the light that gives bearing
  • 音osound, the music that stays
  • 導doguiding and opening the way for others
  • 蒼athe blue of an open sky, the freshness of what is young
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being the light that gives others their bearing, leaving behind music that stays, opening the way for the ones coming after, and carrying the blue of an open sky.

choose this one
iv 世雄動旭
se-o-do-athe whole world, courage, drive, and the first light
  • 世sethe whole world, going out into it
  • 雄ocourage, not shrinking back
  • 動dodrive, the energy that never sits still
  • 旭athe sun at dawn, the first light
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of going out into the whole world, not shrinking back from whatever comes, carrying an energy that never sits still, and bringing with you the first light of dawn.

choose this one
v 静央土安
se-o-do-astillness, the center, the earth, and calm
  • 静sethe stillness that does not break
  • 央othe center, the point that does not move
  • 土dothe earth, the root that holds
  • 安athe calm of being safe
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping a stillness that does not break, holding the center without moving off it, putting down the root that holds, and giving your people the calm of being safe.

choose this one
vi 清雄道晶
se-o-do-awhat is clean, courage, your own path, and the shine of crystal
  • 清sewhat is clean and clear, transparent water
  • 雄ocourage, not shrinking back
  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 晶athe clear shine of crystal
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of staying clean and clear like transparent water, not shrinking back from whatever comes, walking your own path on foot, and shining with the cleanness of crystal.

choose this one
vii 声央導逢
se-o-do-aa voice of your own, the center, guiding, and the meeting
  • 声sethe voice, a sound of your own
  • 央othe center, the point that does not move
  • 導doguiding and opening the way for others
  • 逢athe meeting, the person who appears on your way
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a voice that sounds like you, holding the center without moving off it, opening the way for the ones coming after, and welcoming the person who appears on your way.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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誠央道愛
Theodore
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誠央道愛
Theodore
Doing what you say, holding the center without moving off it, walking your own path on foot, and being loved by everyone.
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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 Theodores, 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 Theodore — the same for any Theodore. 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.

誠央道愛
Theodore
T-shirt
誠央道愛
Mug
誠央道愛
Tote bag
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