New Members Jgle Posted February 8, 2019 at 06:56 PM New Members Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 at 06:56 PM Need help with translation. Hopefully it’s clear enough Thanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 8, 2019 at 10:41 PM Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 at 10:41 PM Hello and welcome to the forum. This is a stylised form of the character for longevity, long life. As you may have noticed its my avatar It is 寿 shòu . It is one of many Chinese characters that have been stylised to look more symmetrical, and artistic They often don't look much like the original character. If however you have grown up around Chinese characters or have been studying for a while these will be as familiar to you as monograms are to some people. There are one hundred ways to write shòu here is a nice picture of a rendition of the 100 寿。 https://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-hundred-chinese-longevity-image23123809 Hope this helps. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Jgle Posted February 9, 2019 at 01:08 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 at 01:08 AM Shelley, You’re awesome! Thank you so much!! I’ve had it for almost 25 years. And when I got it, I believed it meant ‘life’ (... according to a book at the library, so long ago). But I’ve been worried for awhile that I made a mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted February 9, 2019 at 04:43 PM Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 at 04:43 PM I am glad you are not worried any more. Its actually not bad for a tattoo, it could have been so much worse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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