First Born Son in Japanese Calligraphy — 14 Hand-Brushed Designs

長男 (chōnan)

The Japanese word 長男 meaning "First Born Son" is composed of the kanji 長 (read chō) meaning "long; leader; superior" and 男 (read nan) meaning "male".

Verify: 長男 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

First Born Son (長男) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Block Vertical VB3A

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Block Vertical VB3B

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Block Vertical VB3C

First Born Son (長男) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Cursive Vertical VC2B

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Cursive Vertical VC3A

First Born Son (長男) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Design Vertical VD2B

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Design Vertical VD3A

First Born Son (長男) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3A

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3B

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3D

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Block Horizontal HB2A

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Cursive Horizontal HC1A

First Born Son 長男 chōnan Semi-Cursive Horizontal 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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