Hand in Japanese

ハンド

Hand, when pronounced "hand", is ハンド (hando) in katakana.

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Well-known people with this spelling include legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge Learned Hand (ラーニド・ハンド), animator and filmmaker David Hand (デイヴィッド・ハンド), and baseball player Brad Hand (ブラッド・ハンド). It's also the katakana spelling for writer Elizabeth Hand (エリザベス・ハンド).

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Name and Phrase

"Hand Family is My Life," "Hand Family Bonds are Forever." Each is composed in Japanese calligraphy by Master Takase.

These are high-resolution PDFs with the calligraphy, the line-art, the English, the Japanese, the Japanese reading. For a real example see Name and Phrase.

Hand Family Is My Life hand ハンド Hand in katakana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal

Hand Family Is My Life hand はんど Hand in hiragana with the kanji for Life (inochi) and a red eternity seal

Hand Family Bonds Are Forever hand ハンド Hand in katakana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Hand Family Bonds Are Forever hand はんど Hand in hiragana with the kanji for Bonds (kizuna) and a red eternity seal

Hand Japanese Tattoo Designs

Hand in vertical katakana as a tattoo on a man's arm

Get your tattoo of Hand in Japanese brushed by Master Eri Takase. You can order Hand in katakana, which is how non-Japanese names are written in Japanese, or hiragana, which is considered more feminine. Hand, when pronounced hand, is ハンド (hando) in katakana and はんど in hiragana. Click the sample and see for yourself.

Hand katakana, vertical

Hand katakana, horizontal

Hand hiragana, vertical

Hand hiragana, horizontal

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A customer's tattoo: Mayumi is my life, in Japanese calligraphy by Master Eri Takase

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