hoshinoumi Posted September 1, 2017 at 02:31 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 at 02:31 PM It looks like the characters in that tattoo are mirrored. If I'm not mistaken, they are 社 (used for words like society and agency) and 克 (with many meanings, I've mostly seen it a "gram" as in kilogram). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted September 1, 2017 at 03:07 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 at 03:07 PM Only going by the depiction of perhaps an angel and /or a devil does it have anything to with this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil_and_Angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geiko Posted September 1, 2017 at 03:34 PM Report Share Posted September 1, 2017 at 03:34 PM 社克 is probably a transliteration for (abhi)shek's name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoshinoumi Posted September 2, 2017 at 09:47 AM Report Share Posted September 2, 2017 at 09:47 AM 18 hours ago, Geiko said: shek's Nice one, I was actually trying to figure out which name those characters could've been used for but didn't realised it was part of his username. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members RJS Posted September 6, 2017 at 01:30 PM New Members Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 at 01:30 PM Hi guys, could you please translate this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 6, 2017 at 02:09 PM Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 at 02:09 PM 福 fú happiness, fortune 米 mǐ rice 特 tè special It makes no sense, I'm afraid. Perhaps it was intended as a name that sounds like Fu-mi-te? Or 'good luck Mitt'? The calligraphy of the last two characters is alright, the 福 misses a dot and is in a slightly different style, which makes the whole thing look a little off. It doesn't say anything rude or insulting, but I'm afraid that's the only good news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members RJS Posted September 6, 2017 at 05:25 PM New Members Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 at 05:25 PM 3 hours ago, Lu said: 福 fú happiness, fortune 米 mǐ rice 特 tè special It makes no sense, I'm afraid. Perhaps it was intended as a name that sounds like Fu-mi-te? Or 'good luck Mitt'? The calligraphy of the last two characters is alright, the 福 misses a dot and is in a slightly different style, which makes the whole thing look a little off. It doesn't say anything rude or insulting, but I'm afraid that's the only good news. Thank you Lu for the translation! To be honest I'm guessing a tattoo of a friend, because he doesn't want to tell me. He said that the top sign is indeed hapiness/fortune and the bottom 2 signs should form a word or a person's name. At the moment Mi-te or Mitt doesn't mean a thing to me in Dutch (we speak Dutch). Again thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted September 6, 2017 at 06:16 PM Report Share Posted September 6, 2017 at 06:16 PM I speak Dutch too, but that's not helping. Mitte? Misspelled Mieke? Does the friend have a girlfriend or ex (or mom or daughter, or boyfriend) with a name that sounds like Mi-te? Or just leave it be, perhaps he knows it's wrong and doesn't want to make too big a deal of it. He could get that 福 fixed though, it just needs an extra dot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members RJS Posted September 7, 2017 at 02:25 PM New Members Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 at 02:25 PM Tattoo has already been removed, so no fix needed anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted September 7, 2017 at 05:09 PM Report Share Posted September 7, 2017 at 05:09 PM Wow that was quick, was a temporary tattoo or has been lasered off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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