Hakama and Gi embroidery question

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[Troy]

I have seen hakama and gi's where people have their names embroidered in japanese on them. I would like to get this done, but I am woundering what type of japanese writing is acceptable; Katakana, kata-kanji, or caligraphy. And I would also like to know where I could get my name written correctly in japanese.
Any ideas?
Thanks.

[arjan de vries]

Hi Troy,

The difference between katakana and kanji is that the katakana mostly represent 1 CHARACTER or a sound.
Kanji has a mening and that is very personal. Also kanji has not all the CHARACTERs.
My name cannot be done (Arjan). The don't have a regular r for example.
As for katakana: here is a site:
http://www.cjvlang.com/Writing/writsys/katakana.html

Hope this helps.
I let my calligraphy do by Bu Jin design when I buy a hakama (I just did)

Arjan
Netherlands

[Fausto]

As far as I now if you by a Hakama or Gi from some internet site they can do that, for example www.budostuff.com www.tozando.com www.bujindesign.com
www.alpha-net.ne.jp/users2/iwataco/frame2e.html I'm sure there must be others to.

[SteveTrinkle]

Fitting Western names into kanji is gauche.

[batemanb]

Katakana speelings of western names are written as they are pronounced in Japanese, not how we spell them.


Troy, your name would be pronounced "to ro oy", the katakana is $B%H%m%$(B

Arjan, your name would be pronounced "ah jan", the katakana is $B%"!<%8%c%s(B


rgds

Bryan

[batemanb]

OK, had that problem last night too (thanks for deleting the mess Jun). I have no idea why the katakana for Ahjan is converting to mojibake!? :(

I have attached a jpeg with the kana for both of your names.

rgds

Bryan

[Troy]

Domo Arigato Bryan!
When I tried to look up the spelling for my name, I didn't know that the "T" would have been "TO" and the "Y" been "OY". Japanese is indeed turning out to be somewhat of a challange to learn.

[batemanb]

Domo Arigato Bryan!
When I tried to look up the spelling for my name, I didn't know that the "T" would have been "TO" and the "Y" been "OY". Japanese is indeed turning out to be somewhat of a challange to learn.


Hi Troy,

Actually, that`s just a bad attempt on my part to write down how you would say it. The actual characters that I have used are "To", "Ro", and "i". The "i" is actually pronounced "ee" as in see".

Regards

Bryan

[arjan de vries]

Hi Bryan,

Thanks for the katakana. I have it allready on another hakama.
The kanji of my name was written by suganuma sensei from Fukuoka Japan.

Greetings,

Arjan