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i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Tina

ティナ
a short form of Christina, Martina, or Valentina
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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
千夏
ti-na
what you never finish counting, and the summer sun
see what it means
千
iv · about kanji i

千夏

  • 千tithe thousand, what you never finish counting
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
an abundant, bright name — for someone who never dims all year.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having so much that you never finish counting it, and carrying the summer sun with you.

v · kanji ii
治菜
ti-na
healing, and the yellow field of spring
see what it means
千
vi · about kanji ii

治菜

  • 治tihealing, setting right what is broken
  • 菜nathe yellow flower that covers the field in spring
a healing, bright name — for someone who leaves things better than they were.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of setting right what is broken, and opening out like the field that fills with yellow flowers in spring.

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vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 智渚— the head that sees what is coming, with the calm of the shore
  • 貞那— the word that holds, with beauty and plenty
  • 知波— noticing everything, with the force of the wave
  • 汀撫— the quiet edge of the water, with a gentle hand
  • 致奈— reaching the end, with the fruit already ripe
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iii 智渚
ti-nathe head that sees what is coming, and the shore
  • 智tithe head that sees what is coming
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of seeing what is coming before others do, and keeping the calm of the shore where the wave reaches the sand.

choose this one
iv 貞那
ti-nakeeping the word you gave, and what is beautiful
  • 貞tikeeping the word you gave
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the word you give, and having what is beautiful and plentiful around you.

choose this one
v 知波
ti-nanoticing, and the wave that pushes
  • 知tinoticing, seeing what is going on
  • 波nathe wave, the energy that pushes
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of noticing what goes on around you, and pushing with the energy of the wave.

choose this one
vi 汀撫
ti-nathe quiet edge of the water, and the caress
  • 汀tithe waterline, the quiet edge
  • 撫nathe caress, touching gently
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of staying at the quiet waterline, and touching everything gently.

choose this one
vii 致奈
ti-nacarrying a thing through to the end, and the ripening fruit
  • 致ticarrying a thing through to the end
  • 奈nathe fruit that ripens on the tree
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying through to the end what you begin, and gathering the fruit that ripens on the tree.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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千夏
Tina
千
千夏
Tina
Having so much that you never finish counting it, and carrying the summer sun with you.
千

It is not just a wallpaper — take the meaning with you too.

Choose the background, the lettering, whether to show your name or the meaning of your kanji — and download it ready for your lock screen or to share.

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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 Tinas, 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 Tina — the same for any Tina. 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.

千夏
Tina
T-shirt
千夏
Mug
千夏
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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