Please Help Me translate Tattoo

[bitumenboy]

Can anyone help me translate this tattoo that I saw imprinted on a person's arm thank you it would be greatly appreciated if I knew what it meant.

[fengyixiao]

诚=honest

[skylee]

It is 誠. It means honesty / sincerity.

It is in the traditional form (i.e. not simplified Chinese), and it does not look ugly at all (PS - though it looks a bit too large for the arm).

[bitumenboy]

Thank you for your quick replys any reason why it is slightly different than the the actual character does it have any other symbols or meanings in it.

[skylee]

What slight difference? Do you mean something like the difference between this A and this A?

[muyongshi]

Well, it is missing a stroke....

[muyongshi]

oh, sorry! Never mind my babble, lack of sleep must be catching up to me...

[skylee]

muyongshi don't tire yourself out. Photography is great fun but even a 勇士 needs sleep.

[muyongshi]

谢谢你的关心！！！

Photography doesn't make me near as tired as starting a business

[Hofmann]

It's written correctly by most people's standards. It's written incorrectly by the standards I would set for something inked in one's skin.

[bitumenboy]

what do you mean it is written incorrectly for standards that you would ink in someone's skin is there any other possible hidden message in it my girlfriend says it means integreity.

[muyongshi]

What he means is that it is not "nice" looking. It is just kind of a semi-standard like font. He would like a more cursive, artsy look to it.

[Hofmann]

You misunderstood me, but I don't blame you. I mean that if something will be inked in someone's skin, it has to be written very well. It can be in 篆書、隸書、草書、行書、楷書, I don't really care, but whatever it is, it has to be written well.

By the way, there is no artsy writing that is good. Study the way of writing (書法) with a good teacher and you'll understand. Otherwise, just ignore me.

[muyongshi]

Study the way of writing (書法) with a good teacher and you'll understand.

If this was directed at me, I have studied 书法 and I guess probably what is happening here is a difference in our understanding of "artsy". When I said that, I was solely thinking of calligraphy and I phrased it this way so the OP would have a bit more of an understanding that it wouldn't be "block" lettering in the sense but something that is.... nice looking, artsy, calligraphy, or the like.