| The use of Chinese writing for tattoos is an | | | | Japan and Taiwan. When translating from English |
| excellent way to get an individual, meaningful, and | | | | to Chinese great care must be taken to make |
| genuine piece of art on your skin. Lets look into | | | | sure the exact meaning and context is translated |
| ways to find the perfect Chinese writing tattoo. | | | | properly. It is not just a matter of substituting |
| An acquaintance of mine, many years ago, had | | | | symbols for letters as mistakes can be made all |
| the Chinese symbol for "love" tattooed on his | | | | too easily. |
| upper arm, or so he thought. A few months later, | | | | The next thing to consider are the many different |
| two Chinese girls did nothing to hide their | | | | styles and scripts available to make your Chinese |
| amusement as they openly pointed and laughed | | | | character tattoo truly unique. The Chinese |
| at his new tattoo. When asked why they were | | | | language has a number of scripts that could be |
| laughing, one of the girls said the symbol did not | | | | used to create your tattoo. Some of these |
| represent "love" but was a closer translation to | | | | scripts are still in use today and some are |
| "potato". Needless to say, a cover up tattoo was | | | | obsolete, but all can be used and translated for a |
| done to hide the embarrassing mistake. | | | | truly unique tattoo. Grass script, seal script and |
| The main thing to consider when choosing Chinese | | | | clerical script are all Chinese language variations to |
| writing for tattoos is a proper translation, | | | | consider. Chinese calligraphy also gives you many |
| preferably done by an expert. The Chinese | | | | styles to choose from. Using Chinese calligraphy |
| language spans a time period of over three | | | | for your tattoo is a great way to turn an |
| thousand years, consisting of around sixty | | | | average looking design into something that is truly |
| thousand characters, with variations of symbols | | | | a work of art. |
| and meanings covering countries including Korea, | | | | |