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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Hand Is My Life: Japanese Tattoo Design

A traditional Japanese tattoo since the 1600s

Hand Is My Life, brushed by Master Eri Takase, declares in permanent ink one's lover, the person at the center of one's life. When you order, you immediately receive a print-ready PDF with the original art and the line art, everything your tattoo artist needs to ink the design. Click for a sample. Get your tattoo today.

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

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

Hand Is My Love hand ハンド Hand in katakana with the kanji for Love (ai) and a red eternity seal

Hand Is My Love hand はんど Hand in hiragana with the kanji for Love (ai) 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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