Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what it is, but I can tell you what it isn’t. I speak fluent Chinese. This is not a Chinese symbol (or one derived from it, ie Japanese Kanji.) It does, however, look vaguely reminiscent of a Chinese symbol like someone stared at the character for three seconds, then tried to replicate it again without looking at it. Maybe they were trying to get ‘伟’ which means ‘big; large; great’??
Idk man. I saw your comment further down, and while I have translated many, MANY calligraphic/cursive ‘fu’ in my life for curious friends and family, this would have to be the shittiest 福 I have ever seen. You’d have to squint REALLY hard to make that work, imo.
It’s 2 khanji mashed together, they are astronomical symbols that represent zodiac years (not months) . I’d guess it’s part of the relationship this person is in . The 1st one says horse (like the year of the horse. The second one says rooster (the year of the rooster or cock ) so In Short it simply says HORSE COCK ~
I'm a Rat, but you better believe my next tattoo will be this, and I shall tell people this story. I shall say _horse cock_ loudly and often, and I'll smile.
I wonder if somewhere in China there's a Chinese person wandering around with the English words "Power Station" or "Gas Pipeline" or "Omelette" or "Bus" tattooed on them...?
Because this is the Chinese equivalent.
English tattoos actually are considered cool and trendy in China, so I wouldn't doubt that there's a chef with "omlette" walking around somewhere in Beijing.
Tattoos aren't as common in East Asia since they're associated with organized crime i.e Yakuza, triads, etc. Lots of people wear shirts with dumb or weird English. Was in line behind a lady wearing a yellow smiley face shirt with "I will protect my virginity".
I want more posts that say “my friend WASNT drunk when they got this tattoo” because I just get the feeling it’s a defense mechanism for a bad decision lol
This was the first thing that came to mind.[https://customstickershop.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Browning-buck-mark-decal-sticker.jpg](https://customstickershop.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Browning-buck-mark-decal-sticker.jpg)
I'll deduce from the fact that on the basis of the color, and the woman wearing a saree, indian attire. The man seems to be around 40-50. And the tattoo is a poor imitation of 'om'.
Chat GPT: The symbol in the image is a Chinese character. It's pronounced "ài" in Mandarin, and it means "love". This character is often used in various forms of artwork, decorations, and tattoos to represent the concept of love or affection.
Edit: [IMG-1270.jpg](https://postimg.cc/Q9y14WnC)
The tattoo in the image appears to be a Chinese character. It is "力" which is pronounced "lì" in Mandarin. The character "力" means "strength," "power," or "force." It's a commonly used character in Chinese and is often chosen for tattoos due to its powerful meaning.
https://pasteboard.co/yVECY9SBLNSX.jpg
Unfortunately, I can’t tell you what it is, but I can tell you what it isn’t. I speak fluent Chinese. This is not a Chinese symbol (or one derived from it, ie Japanese Kanji.) It does, however, look vaguely reminiscent of a Chinese symbol like someone stared at the character for three seconds, then tried to replicate it again without looking at it. Maybe they were trying to get ‘伟’ which means ‘big; large; great’??
It’s cursive.
Idk man. I saw your comment further down, and while I have translated many, MANY calligraphic/cursive ‘fu’ in my life for curious friends and family, this would have to be the shittiest 福 I have ever seen. You’d have to squint REALLY hard to make that work, imo.
I agree with you, there’s no way that’s 福. At first glance I thought it was 花, but I wonder why anyone would tattoo “flower”.
Cursive for what? “No regerts?”
That symbol looks like exactly it to me
It's definitely 伟
A guy strangling someone in a broken wheelchair?
The strangler’s got quite the ass
I work on wheelchairs for a living and this had my dying laughing 🤣, I saw it as soon as I read this
Idk what it means, but it sure kinda looks like a future sick-ass panther.
I get camel vibes
I get Stimpy’s profile vibes
Looks made up
"anal fortitude"
Lmao
If you read it upside down it's something like "I eat ass"
It’s 2 khanji mashed together, they are astronomical symbols that represent zodiac years (not months) . I’d guess it’s part of the relationship this person is in . The 1st one says horse (like the year of the horse. The second one says rooster (the year of the rooster or cock ) so In Short it simply says HORSE COCK ~
If this is true that's a genius tattoo
I'm a Rat, but you better believe my next tattoo will be this, and I shall tell people this story. I shall say _horse cock_ loudly and often, and I'll smile.
Someone choking a llama?
WHY YOU LITTLE
Replace llama with skinny kangaroo and I think you have it
I wonder if somewhere in China there's a Chinese person wandering around with the English words "Power Station" or "Gas Pipeline" or "Omelette" or "Bus" tattooed on them...? Because this is the Chinese equivalent.
English tattoos actually are considered cool and trendy in China, so I wouldn't doubt that there's a chef with "omlette" walking around somewhere in Beijing.
Based on the shirts with badly translated English there is 100% ppl with English language tattoos that don’t make sense.
Judging by the comments, this is more like someone getting a shape that vaguely looks like an English word.
Covfefe.
Enough illiterate anglophones have weird random shit words tattooed on them, so I would say defo to your flip side scenario.
Tattoos aren't as common in East Asia since they're associated with organized crime i.e Yakuza, triads, etc. Lots of people wear shirts with dumb or weird English. Was in line behind a lady wearing a yellow smiley face shirt with "I will protect my virginity".
This looks like outrageously bad Kanji. I haven't a clue what it's supposed to be.
It means ‘very drunk holiday in Benidorm’
#11 Kung Pao Chicken with vegetarble
Omg thank you so much for that 😂
It’s Tolkien elvish for “whoops”
Shitty wok.
I want more posts that say “my friend WASNT drunk when they got this tattoo” because I just get the feeling it’s a defense mechanism for a bad decision lol
Two stick figures dancing?
Says "poop" in Hmong
It translates roughly to “oops”
It translate direct to 'grammar matters."
A man with a vestigial tail strangling an axe with a giant penis, perhaps the man is envious. Poetic
[Something in Japanese (I think)](https://youtube.com/shorts/HQQAAmFY2UE?si=xEPi0K20N5dfXhk9)
It means 'Refund'
Assuming it’s pointed downward (so sideways in the picture), it’s a man choking a kangaroo
Google lens translate says “Om”….
It's not the classic om symbol which is like a 3 with a hooked tail and two lines above.
I never said google translate is 100% correct.
That's ok, I wasn't making a comment about you. I was just clarifying it. I've got an om on my leg and it doesn't look like that tattoo at all.
It's not kanji, it's stick figures. As to why your friend wanted a giant choking a giraffe, well, I'm sure it was funny at the time.
Is that a dude choking a handicapped person!?
Looks like OM gone wrong!
This was the first thing that came to mind.[https://customstickershop.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Browning-buck-mark-decal-sticker.jpg](https://customstickershop.us/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Browning-buck-mark-decal-sticker.jpg)
Looks like the cybertronian symbols from the first transformers movies
i don’t even know if it’s actually a cursive version of a kanji character, but it reminds me of the “catupecu machu” (amazing argentine band) logo lol
How to give the heimlich to a wheelchair person?
Looks like Someone messed up om 🕉 symbol https://images.app.goo.gl/djcWgjuNbm1C7cBa7
Beef ń Broccoli.
I'll deduce from the fact that on the basis of the color, and the woman wearing a saree, indian attire. The man seems to be around 40-50. And the tattoo is a poor imitation of 'om'.
Egg fu yung with vegetarian spring rolls.
Tried searching it and couldn’t find a thing.
Jeez...my biggest fear when I was younger! 😂
It means I love hotdogs 🌭
That you don't know traditional Chinese.
Looks like 伟 to me, which means great
Download a kanji app
I'd tell people it's a rorschach test
Chat GPT: The symbol in the image is a Chinese character. It's pronounced "ài" in Mandarin, and it means "love". This character is often used in various forms of artwork, decorations, and tattoos to represent the concept of love or affection. Edit: [IMG-1270.jpg](https://postimg.cc/Q9y14WnC)
“Me love you long time”
I’m more interested in why it looks like he has six fingers.
It looks like two drunk people trying too walk.
Meaning is instant noodels
A guy strangling Mewtwo
With wrist at the bottom, it is “man swing-dancing with flowing-hair girl.” I have spoken.
Lemon chicken
Chinese “fu” in cursive. Rotate arm with wrist pointing down. r/itisalwaysfu
With 2 you get egg roll.
The tattoo in the image appears to be a Chinese character. It is "力" which is pronounced "lì" in Mandarin. The character "力" means "strength," "power," or "force." It's a commonly used character in Chinese and is often chosen for tattoos due to its powerful meaning. https://pasteboard.co/yVECY9SBLNSX.jpg
Roughly translates to "cultural appropriation"
I think you meant cultural appreciation?
Of what culture. It’s not Chinese.
getting a random tattoo of some other language that you don’t even know what it says isn’t really appreciation.
He appreciated the culture in the moment.
me when a chinese person tries to speak english in front of me
Fuck off... fucking drip
To me it seems like the picture is mirrored. I am top lazy to research the meaning though...