F*'d up Kanji tattoos

[jziemba]

I was reading the FAQ section and I got very curious.
How many messed up Kanji tattoos have you seen?
I only know of one person who was dumb enough to
get a kanji tattoo in the states. He wanted Hero (英雄)
but ended up getting ocean (海洋).　

[tanuki]

Click me.

[AussieB]

My friend got a Kanji tattoo but was smart enough not to trust the tattoo parlour's command of Japanese / Chinese so came to me to write it for her in the right direction and all!

[AussieB]

edited above as suggested!

[tsumeshogi]

You can edit your posts, you know...

[ss]

Look at these three words - 喪, 衷 and 哀

喪 sāng - funeral, mourning

衷 zhōng - inner feelings, as in 由衷之言 you zhong zhi yan - words spoken from the bottom of one’s heart.

哀 āi - grief, sorrow, as in 喜怒哀樂 xi nu ai le - joy, anger, grief, happiness

[Godzilla]

I saw someone with this tatto'ed on his arm:

悪愛

I told him that his tattoo was interesting and he says it means "love" and "hate." I am sorry that is more like "bad" and "love".

[Harisenbon]

My favorite was the guy I saw at Hot Topic with 精子 on his neck. He said it meant "Spirit Child"

[HeyItsMatt]

wow. I just looked that kanji on the left up in the Jim Breen dictionary, and among the meanings were "fairy" and "semen." Unless he's a gay person with a really good sense of humor, I'm guessing he dropped the ball on that one.

I guess it had "refined" as a meaning too though. So I dunno.

[Harisenbon]

HeyItsMatt,

I'm not quite sure how you looked up that word, but there's only one translation for 精子, and believe me, it's not "refined".

EDIT: Oh, I got it. You looked up only 精 . Try looking at it as a whole word.

[AJBryant]

My favorite was the guy I saw at Hot Topic with 精子 on his neck. He said it meant "Spirit Child"

Man, I'm glad I put down the Pepsi....


Tony

[hiraikotsu]

Harisenbon wrote:
My favorite was the guy I saw at Hot Topic with 精子 on his neck. He said it meant "Spirit Child"

The pitfalls of kanji: 1+1 doesn't always add up to 2...

[hyperconjugated]

^Wow, that is..that is something alright.

[Godzilla]

Harisenbon wrote:
My favorite was the guy I saw at Hot Topic with 精子 on his neck. He said it meant "Spirit Child"

LMAO!!!! this made my day!! THis is hysterical!!!

[Kagemaru]

Strong swimmers in the family?