Chinese Symbol Tattoos

During the past ten years, Chinese tattoos were incredibly popular throughout the Western countries. They’re still pretty popular today so if you are thinking of getting a Chinese tattoo, this might be the choice for you. It’s recommended that you learn something about the Chinese tattoo before you decide to get one.

Chinese characters have long been considered beautiful works of art both by people in the Chinese culture and those from other parts of the world. Because many people consider them to be exotic and even mysterious, this makes them a popular tattoo design, even by people who do not speak or read Chinese. It’s also interesting to know that tattoos have a negative connotation in most traditional Chinese cultures. The body is considered a sacred gift and so it was believed that you shouldn’t alter it in any form that would be permanent. However, there has still been tattooing in China as far back as records can trace.  Early Chinese tattoos were considered a punishment or a type of mark of disgrace.

Chi shen is the Chinese word for tattoo. Chinese tattoos were once given to people as a form of punishment to show dishonor

Here are some of the types of Chinese symbol tattoos that exist today:

•    Chinese tribal tattoos
•    Chinese character tattoos
•    Hanzi and Kanji
•    Chinese dragon tattoos
•    Chinese phoenix
•    Ying Yang tattoos

Both men and women can enjoy one or more of the many great Chinese tattoo designs. There are even many celebrities with Chinese symbol tattoos. Britney Spears has the Chinese symbol that stands for mystery inside a flower tattooed on her abdomen. Mary J. Blige has strength on her right hand and Melanie Brown, one of the Spice Girls has a Chinese character on her belly and a dragon tattoo on her back. Other examples include the Chinese character that means undying love that Kiefer Sutherland has as a tattoo and Julia Roberts has a red heart inside a Chinese symbol which means strength of heart

These are just a few examples of Chinese symbol tattoos being used by celebrities and other people in the modern, Western world. Even though Chinese character tattoos or hanzi and kanji tattoos are extremely popular in the Western world, it’s still vital that you do your research and make sure the symbol that you choose has the meaning that you think it does. This is a common mistake made in Chinese tattoos by people who don’t speak the language. Doing the necessary research will help to ensure that you don’t end up with something permanently tattooed on your body and later learn that it means something totally different than what you thought You should be sure to get your translation from a reliable source and that your tattoo artist is able to properly recreate the letters and symbols of your tattoo. If the character is changed even in the slightest way it can completely change the expression or give it a totally different meaning.

You should try to find a tattoo artist who has experience with Chinese characters that will be able to render the symbols correctly for you. Some of the most popular Chinese symbols tattoos include the symbols for:

•    Love
•    Faith
•    Strength
•    Hope
•    Peace
•    Family
•    Zen
•    Sister
•    Water
•    Family
•    Dragon
•    Happiness
•    Angel
•    Friendship

When choosing your Chinese symbol, look for something that has significance or that is important to you, since it’s something that you will have from now on.

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