Japanese, done properly.
Free tools that convert, render, and explain Japanese — built in Tokyo and checked against one standard: how it actually reads to a native eye.
Write your name in kanji How we choose kanjiFREE TOOLS
Name Generator (Kanji)
Your name in kanji with every character's meaning explained — and an honest label: native-checked or automatic estimate.
English → Katakana
The standard Japanese script for foreign names. Common names are native-checked; everything else is clearly labeled as an estimate.
Japanese Font Generator
Render any Japanese text in 17 open-licensed typefaces — brush to marker — and download transparent PNGs, free for commercial use.
Hanko Seal Generator
Your name as a traditional red seal — Japan's signature — in print resolution with a transparent background.
Kanji Tattoo Checker
Catches simplified-Chinese characters, non-words, and famous tattoo disasters — then routes the judgment calls to a human, free.
Stroke Order Animator
Watch any kanji or kana drawn stroke by stroke in the official order — and learn to hand-write your own name.
Kanji → Hiragana
Paste Japanese text and get every kanji replaced with its reading in context, powered by full morphological analysis.
Kanji → Romaji
Japanese to Hepburn romaji — macrons, word spacing, and particle pronunciation handled the way textbooks do it.
THE CERTIFICATE
Your name, as a certificate — free
Type your name, get a diploma-style certificate: kanji chosen from our native-checked dictionary, every meaning explained, print-ready PDF in your browser. No sign-up, no charge — the certificate is our gift.
Why "proper"?
Most kanji you see on shirts, prints, and skin outside Japan was chosen by matching sounds. Nobody checked what the characters actually say — that is how someone ends up wearing 麺 (noodle) for life.
Everything on this site shows its reasoning: what each character means, how it reads, and why it was chosen over the alternatives. If we can't explain a choice in plain English, we don't offer it.