names · 漢字 — cinema ES your wallpaper ↓
i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Zoe

ゾーイ
from Greek zoé — "life"
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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
蔵衣
zo-i
what gathers inside, and the cloth that keeps you warm
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iv · about kanji i

蔵衣

  • 蔵zothe full storehouse, the good that keeps gathering inside
  • 衣ithe cloth that wraps and keeps you warm
a warm name with something in reserve — for someone who always has something to give.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of gathering the good inside like a full storehouse, and wrapping your people in the cloth that keeps them warm.

v · kanji ii
贈依
zo-i
the gift, and the shoulder close by
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vi · about kanji ii

贈依

  • 贈zothe gift placed in the other person's hands
  • 依istaying close, letting others lean on you
a generous, close name — for someone who does not leave when it matters.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of placing the gift in the other person's hands, and staying close so people can lean on you.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 造唯— raising with your hands something that repeats nowhere else
  • 増偉— growing a little every day, until the stature gets noticed
  • 象唯— drawing yourself whole, in a shape that repeats nowhere else
  • 蔵意— the good that gathers inside, held up by the will
  • 造依— raising something that lasts, and staying close to your people
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iii 造唯
zo-ibuilding, and what does not repeat
  • 造zobuilding with your hands, raising something that lasts
  • 唯iwhat is one of a kind, what does not repeat
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of building something lasting with your hands, and having it repeat nowhere else.

choose this one
iv 増偉
zo-igrowing every day, and a large stature
  • 増zogoing further, growing a little every day
  • 偉ia large stature, what gets noticed
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of growing a little every day, and taking on a stature that gets noticed.

choose this one
v 象唯
zo-ithe clear shape, and what does not repeat
  • 象zothe figure that draws itself whole, the clear shape of things
  • 唯iwhat is one of a kind, what does not repeat
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of drawing yourself whole until the shape shows, and having that shape repeat nowhere else.

choose this one
vi 蔵意
zo-iwhat gathers inside, and the will
  • 蔵zothe full storehouse, the good that keeps gathering inside
  • 意ithe will, what one decides to hold to
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of gathering the good inside like a full storehouse, and holding to what you decide.

choose this one
vii 造依
zo-ibuilding, and the shoulder close by
  • 造zobuilding with your hands, raising something that lasts
  • 依istaying close, letting others lean on you
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of building something lasting with your hands, and staying close so people can lean on you.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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蔵衣
Zoe
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蔵衣
Zoe
Gathering the good inside like a full storehouse, and wrapping your people in the cloth that keeps them warm.
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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 Zoes, 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
I want mine, written by hand →
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 Zoe — the same for any Zoe. 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.

蔵衣
Zoe
T-shirt
蔵衣
Mug
蔵衣
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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