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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Timothy

ティモシー
from Greek Timotheos — "the one who honors 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
智望志
ti-mo-shi
the head that sees what is coming, a hopeful future, and a path of your own
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

智望志

  • 智tithe head that sees what is coming
  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 志shithe path you set for yourself
a clear, decided name — for someone who sees far and walks toward it.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of seeing what is coming, opening a hopeful future ahead of you, and following the path you set for yourself.

v · kanji ii
千望賜
ti-mo-shi
never finishing the count, looking at the future that opens ahead, and receiving what comes as a gift
see what it means
千
vi · about kanji ii

千望賜

  • 千tithe thousand, what you never finish counting
  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 賜shiwhat is received as a gift
an abundant, grateful name — for someone who looks ahead and knows how to receive.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having so much that you never finish counting it, looking at the hopeful future that opens up ahead, and receiving what life puts in your hands as a gift.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 知望獅— noticing and a hopeful future, with the courage of a lion
  • 汀茂梓— the waterline and the thick green, with the straightness of bow wood
  • 千望詩— the thousand and a hopeful future, told in a poet's words
  • 致茂師— carrying things through and the thick green, with a master's craft
  • 智茂司— the head that sees what is coming and the thick green, with someone taking charge
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iii 知望獅
ti-mo-shinoticing, a hopeful future, and the lion
  • 知tinoticing, seeing what is going on
  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 獅shithe lion, the courage of someone who does not back down
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of noticing what is going on around you, opening a hopeful future ahead of you, and never backing down, with the courage of a lion.

choose this one
iv 汀茂梓
ti-mo-shithe waterline, the thick green, and the straight wood of the bow
  • 汀tithe waterline, the quiet edge
  • 茂mothe green that grows thick, life multiplying
  • 梓shithe straight wood that bows are made from
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of staying at the quiet edge where the water draws its line, growing thick like green that fills out, and staying straight as the wood that bows are made from.

choose this one
v 千望詩
ti-mo-shithe thousand, a hopeful future, and poetry
  • 千tithe thousand, what you never finish counting
  • 望mothe hopeful future that opens up ahead
  • 詩shipoetry, looking at the world through words
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a thousand of what you never finish counting, opening a hopeful future ahead of you, and looking at the world in a poet's words.

choose this one
vi 致茂師
ti-mo-shicarrying through to the end, the thick green, and the master of a craft
  • 致ticarrying a thing through to the end
  • 茂mothe green that grows thick, life multiplying
  • 師shithe master, the one who knows the craft and teaches it
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying everything through to the end, growing thick like green that fills out, and knowing your craft well enough to teach it.

choose this one
vii 智茂司
ti-mo-shithe head that sees what is coming, the thick green, and taking charge
  • 智tithe head that sees what is coming
  • 茂mothe green that grows thick, life multiplying
  • 司shitaking charge and carrying forward what gets started
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of seeing what is coming, growing thick like green that fills out, and taking charge of what needs carrying forward.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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智望志
Timothy
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智望志
Timothy
Seeing what is coming, opening a hopeful future ahead of you, and following the path you set for yourself.
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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 Timothys, 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 Timothy — the same for any Timothy. 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.

智望志
Timothy
T-shirt
智望志
Mug
智望志
Tote bag
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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026