Can somebody Please translate this tattoo for me?

[danhammd]

Can somebody please translate this tatto for me please, i have had it about 6 years and i always have doubts to believe it says what i asked for :-/ any help will be much appreciated

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Many thanks

Danny

[jbradfor]

I'd assume it's Japanese; I believe 姫 is the Japanese form of 姬 ?

Anyway, in Chinese, 姬德 would mean what, "virtuous prostitute"?

[danhammd]

so basically i have prostitute written on my chest?

[elliott50]

The two characters look to me like:

姬 ... pronounced in mandarin as "ji" in the high 1st tone ... meaning: "honorable woman; imperial concubine; (also used as a surname)"

德 ... pronounced in mandarin as "de" in the rising 2nd tone ... meaning: "morality; virtue"

I'm afraid I don't know enough to get any further meaning.

It could be the transliteration of a non-chinese name.

it could also be the name of a fictional character (see baike.baidu.com/view/4421831.htm ).

Sorry I can't be more help!

[roddy]

What's it meant to mean?

[danhammd]

katie, just looked it up in japanese

[Glenn]

It would be kitoku in Japanese, most likely. Doesn't really seem too close to "Katie". It doesn't have any meaning, though, that I can see.

[Peter2010]

Sounds like Kidder, is that your surname?