地球 chikyū Earth

The Japanese word 地球 meaning "Earth" is composed of the kanji 地 (read chi) meaning "ground; earth" and 球 (read kyū) meaning "ball; sphere".

Earth (地球) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Block VB2C

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Block VB3A

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Block VB3B

Earth (地球) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Cursive VC2B

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Cursive VC3A

Earth (地球) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Design VD3A

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Design VD3B

Earth (地球) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Semi-Cursive VS2C

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3A

Earth 地球 chikyū Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3B

Earth 地球 chikyū Horizontal Cursive HC3A

Earth 地球 chikyū Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS2A

About the Designs

Each design is Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase's hand-brushed calligraphy of the word or phrase on this page, delivered as a PDF you can print. Every PDF includes the line art, so a tattoo artist or a craftsperson can work from the outline as well as the brushed image.

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