- 杏
- アン
Literal meaning
apricot
Good meaning - 雫
- ダ
Literal meaning
a single drop
Good meaning - 尊
- ソン
Literal meaning
revered, held above others
Good meaningStrong
In Kanji
Anderson
Here are 5 ways Anderson could be written. Japanese has thousands of characters, and several can carry the same sound — so a name can be written more than one way, and each way means something different. Here is what each one actually says.
Yes, you can buy it
Anderson in kanji, on a hoodie, tee, mug or sticker
Pick any of the versions below — the kind ones or the dark ones — and it goes on the item you choose. Printed in the US when you order.

Hoodie
$54.99

T-Shirt
$29.99

Mug
$19.99

Sticker
$6.99
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- 鞍
- アン
Literal meaning
a saddle
Neutral meaningStrong - 打
- ダ
Literal meaning
to strike
Dark meaningStrong - 尊
- ソン
Literal meaning
revered, held above others
Good meaningStrong
- 闇
- アン
Literal meaning
darkness
Dark meaningStrong - 堕
- ダ
Literal meaning
to fall
Dark meaning - 損
- ソン
Literal meaning
loss — what is taken and not returned
Dark meaning
- 鞍
- アン
Literal meaning
a saddle
Neutral meaningStrong - 陀
- ダ
Literal meaning
chosen for its sound
Neutral meaning - 存
- ソン
Literal meaning
to be there, to exist
Neutral meaning
- 安
- アン
Literal meaning
peace, ease
Good meaning - 陀
- ダ
Literal meaning
chosen for its sound
Neutral meaning - 孫
- ソン
Literal meaning
a grandchild
Good meaning
Another meaning
Want Anderson to say something else?
The same sounds can be written with other characters — kinder ones, darker ones. Swap any of them until it says what you want, then put it on a hoodie, a tee, a mug or a sticker.
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