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This morning I received a parcel with some gifts from my Japanese friends and
there it was written ミゲル(?), which is my name (Miguel) and some handwritten
kanji that I cannot recognize (only the 木 radical on the left, but I don't
find any similar kanji when I search by radical). Maybe it varies too much
from handwritten script to computer script.

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here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tsu2X.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/tsu2X.jpg)

I tried to draw it in some mobile app that I have, but maybe my calligraphy is
too bad; it does not produce any result. Could you tell me what kanji it is?
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kanji handwriting
I cannot recognize this kanji after my name
That is the kanji 様{さま}, used here as an honorific after your name.
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It's 様{さま}, which means "the honorable". It could be considered a much more
respectful equivalent of さん.
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Although "which kanji it is?" was already answered, I'd like to expand on the
"I cannot recognize this kanji" part.

Recognizing handwritten kanji takes time, but **guessing by context** may
help.

In this case, the kanji appears next to, and after, your name. Frequent kanji
or words in that position are honorific suffixes: ちゃん, さん, 君, 様, 先生. You could
then search for those in a dictionary and compare to the handwritten one.

(Another example: the largest kanji on packaging would probably be related to
the item inside, such as 筆.)
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