nathan b Posted July 17, 2006 at 06:05 PM Report Share Posted July 17, 2006 at 06:05 PM I know what this is supossed to mean but can you tell me please. thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weronika Posted July 18, 2006 at 03:57 AM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 03:57 AM is it chinese?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 18, 2006 at 04:02 AM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 04:02 AM Is it the right way up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
榴莲心伤可愈 Posted July 18, 2006 at 04:05 AM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 04:05 AM IT LOOKS LIKE “强”IN CHINESE。 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougou Posted July 18, 2006 at 04:11 AM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 04:11 AM More like 弹 in fact, but still quite far from it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted July 18, 2006 at 08:49 AM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 08:49 AM Is it going to be a tattoo? (I hope not, if you think it's supposed to be a Chinese character) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberries513 Posted July 18, 2006 at 01:24 PM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 01:24 PM doesnt look like any Chinese character i ever saw..... i sure hope you didnt get that as a tattoo.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan b Posted July 18, 2006 at 02:15 PM Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 02:15 PM I'm not sure what it is, chinese or what. What other language has characters? Its a tatto I already have. It was on a laminated 14 x 11 card with all different characters. I don't know why someone would makeup characters for the sake of selling them but do them all wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 18, 2006 at 02:46 PM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 02:46 PM Hopefully you've just mangled it while copying it. Any chance of a photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan b Posted July 18, 2006 at 02:50 PM Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 02:50 PM I drew it myself. I figured if I gave you the simple shape of it someone would know. If its a little off it seems if you know what it was you could read it. It is suposed to mean "TO PLAY MUSIC" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted July 18, 2006 at 03:00 PM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 03:00 PM Gougou was right. Can mean pluck / play a musical instrument, among other things. If your tattoo actually looks like that, you probably have cause for a lawsuit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted July 18, 2006 at 03:54 PM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 03:54 PM or you can just figure it’s a rather stylised calligraphic version! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan b Posted July 18, 2006 at 10:07 PM Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 10:07 PM Thank you all who replied. Yes it is an artistic rendering. On my arm the girl did a really bad job but it still means alot to me. This picture is what I did with the shape of the character. I was hoping this was the symbol that means "music". If you look close you can see I have spelled the word "hallucinate" going down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan b Posted July 18, 2006 at 10:12 PM Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 10:12 PM Sorry that is hard to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuchi Posted July 18, 2006 at 10:30 PM Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 10:30 PM The character you have isn't used in the context of playing music, it's for literally playing a piano/other instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nathan b Posted July 18, 2006 at 11:58 PM Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2006 at 11:58 PM To play records, like a DJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewfz Posted July 19, 2006 at 06:17 AM Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 at 06:17 AM I think its trying to be 演 as in 演奏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted July 19, 2006 at 01:09 PM Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 at 01:09 PM This purple picture doesn't look anything like a Chinese character, but contrary to most mangled characters you could have this as a tattoo without anyone laughing at you. It looks nice, artistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockster Posted July 19, 2006 at 01:37 PM Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 at 01:37 PM ...you probably have cause for a lawsuit. Come on. The tattoo artist is responsible for transferring the image from paper to skin, the person getting the tattoo is responsible for the content. I know, I know, a lot of tattoo artists commit serious errors when it comes to Chinese characters, but it seems that in most cases, the person getting the tattoo does not really care. The tattoo could read "fried dumplings" and it would still be considered cool by his/her peers (who also lack the knowledge or simply aren't interested in the real meaning). Different strokes for different folks, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted July 19, 2006 at 02:57 PM Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 at 02:57 PM It is suposed to mean "TO PLAY MUSIC" I was hoping this was the symbol that means "music". I think I understand what's going on here. Someone has told nathan b. that the symbol 弹 means "to play music", so he's taken the 单 part off, thinking it means "music" (whilst, presumably, he thinks 弓 means "to play"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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