# SealsCrafter

> SealsCrafter (https://www.sealscrafter.com) is a free Chinese name seal generator: it turns an English name into a real Chinese name — characters chosen for sound and meaning — and carves it as an authentic seal (印章) in genuine seal script (篆書). No sign-up, no watermark, no cost; the export is a transparent PNG.

## Core

- [Generator](https://www.sealscrafter.com/): Type a name, get the Chinese name plus a carved seal. Chinese input is carved directly; English names are first given a curated Chinese name.
- [Name library](https://www.sealscrafter.com/name): **250 curated English-name → Chinese-name entries**, each with per-character meanings, pinyin, a name story, the origin of every character used, and a per-name FAQ.
- [What is a Chinese name seal?](https://www.sealscrafter.com/what-is-a-chinese-name-seal): definition, history (Shang bronzes → Qin standardization → Ming literati carving), anatomy of a proper name seal.
- [Zhuwen vs Baiwen](https://www.sealscrafter.com/zhu-wen-vs-bai-wen): red-character vs white-character carving — origins in clay seals and Han stone, how to choose.
- [Seal vs stamp vs chop](https://www.sealscrafter.com/chinese-seal-vs-stamp): the carved 印章, the rubber stamp, and the Anglo-Indian word "chop"; what binds legally in China, Japan, Hong Kong.
- [How to use a Chinese name seal](https://www.sealscrafter.com/how-to-use-a-chinese-seal): cinnabar paste vs ink pads, pressing technique, placement on documents and paintings.
- [How English names become Chinese names](https://www.sealscrafter.com/chinese-name-translation): real surnames, sound plus meaning, tonal rhythm, classical seal fillers.
- [Character & surname library](https://www.sealscrafter.com/meaning): **187 characters, one page each** — 64 surname lineages and 123 oracle-bone/Shuowen character etymologies, with pinyin tones and the names that use each one.
- [Seal script (篆書)](https://www.sealscrafter.com/seal-script): the 2,500-year-old Qin script still carved into every name seal; the Zhongshan King (中山王) bronze school.
- [MCP server](https://www.sealscrafter.com/mcp): a free remote MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP, no API key) exposing seal rendering and character lookup to AI clients.

## Contact
hello@sealscrafter.com

## Fonts & data

- Carving uses JFZSKSealScript (Zhongshan King seal script, SIL OFL 1.1 — https://www.sealscrafter.com/fonts/OFL.txt); characters it lacks are supplied by Chongxi Small Seal 崇羲篆體 (Academia Sinica, CC-BY-ND 3.0 TW — https://www.sealscrafter.com/fonts/LICENSE-chongxi.txt).
- Every entry and guide is static HTML with visible text and FAQPage / WebSite structured data — readable without JavaScript. Generated 2026-11-03.