Showing posts with label Chinese character tattoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese character tattoo. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Chinese Character Tattoo


One of the tattoo design is also quite popular are tattoos with character design China (simplified or starch). Apart form is good, the characters China could contain the philosophical meaning of cool.
China tattoo with lots of character we find in the body of martial artists in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, especially the fighters close to the martial arts of China. Examples are Chuck Liddell, a UFC champion, he had his scalp tattoo with the letter which read China Koei-Kan, a karate school that he learned that also means "house of pleasure and well-being".

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Chinese Character Tattoos - Get a Good Chinese Translation First


Chinese character tattoos are very unique. Chinese calligraphy is very pleasing to the eye. Chinese character tattoos get extra attention. When someone sees your tattoo they will undoubtedly have to ask you what it means. Then you not only give them the translation but explain why you got it. The last thing you want is a native speaking Chinese to come up to you and tell you that you have an incorrect tattoo. Here is how you avoid that.First decide what phrase or word you want to have inked. Don't rely on what the symbol looks like because the first one you see may be drawn wrong. You can't change up a Chinese character tattoo a little bit to make it look like you want it as you would a traditional tattoo. If you do that, you may change the whole meaning of the phrase.Do a lot of research before having your image inked. I would suggest using a professional translator so you are guaranteed a correct tattoo. Don't just go to any website that says they have Chinese character tattoos. Then make sure you have an artist who specializes in Chinese character tattoos. It can be very easy to make an error while drawing the design and you don't want to have an incorrect tattoo and say something other than intended.Ask a native Chinese speaker about all of the denotations and connotations of the specific characters chosen. Then verify that the characters are genuinely Chinese and perhaps even ask about which type of font should be used. Go online to a good tattoo gallery and look at the different types of fonts available for the design.Take your time, check and recheck everything before you go under the needle. Of all tattoo designs, Chinese character tattoos and other foreign language designs, you need to be 200% comfortable that you have all your questions answered and are getting what you think you are getting.

Chinese character tattoos designs


To people who are attracted to Chinese characters and are thinking of getting one, some careful steps must be taken. There have been cases where tattoo artists have been caught writing foul or silly slogans, inaccurately-translated characters, or pseudo-Chinese gibberish on their clients, who are unaware of the actual meaning of the Chinese characters.

Chinese character (in addition to Japanese kana) tattoos are commonly found on mixed martial artists who are familiar with Asian martial arts. Chuck Liddell, a former UFC champion, tattooed his scalp to read Koei-Kan or "house of happiness and prosperity"[2], the style of karate he trained in. Georges St. Pierre, another UFC champion as well as a practitioner of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and karate, has the kanji word for "jujutsu" on his chest. Jeff Monson has the characters for "Hero" on his upper back.

Chinese character tattoo design


This free tattoo design is a distortion of a Chinese character, which means "quiet". A Chinese character or Han character is a logogram used in writing Chinese, Japanese, sometimes Korean, and formerly Vietnamese. It is now very common to use Chinese characters in tattoos on the back and on the leg.