New Members Frannyman Posted January 7, 2014 at 08:53 PM New Members Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 at 08:53 PM Hi everyone! this is my first post! I'm dating this girls who has this tattoo on her upper back. It might had been a lot more clear 10 years ago when she got it done. She didn't knew what it meant back then either, but it does make me wonder how drunk must one be to get something you have no idea of what the meaning is tattooed onto you. Any help will be incredibly appreciated. What could it possibly be?? Any guesses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted January 7, 2014 at 09:01 PM Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 at 09:01 PM Looks like it's 德, virtue, morality. As tattoos you don't know the meaning of go, this is not so bad. But it's so blotched it's barely readable. A few more years and it'll look more like a bruise than a character. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Frannyman Posted January 7, 2014 at 09:09 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 at 09:09 PM thank you very much for the fast reply!! can you possibly think of anything else it could perhaps be? I agree, it's real blotched. I wasn't expecting it to be readable at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Mao Posted January 7, 2014 at 09:31 PM Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 at 09:31 PM Concur. Good eyes, Lu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted January 8, 2014 at 12:24 AM Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 at 12:24 AM 德 coud also mean German/ Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Frannyman Posted January 10, 2014 at 05:57 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 at 05:57 AM thank you very much, guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadedStardust Posted January 11, 2014 at 01:32 AM Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 at 01:32 AM I saw this and didn't see 德 at all but 篇，like the old pieces of bamboo that were used centuries ago for writing... I could just not be seeing it right though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinchillus Posted January 11, 2014 at 06:32 AM Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 at 06:32 AM Sorry but what a mess...I believe it's 德. If it's not, ehhh, what a discouraging mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymoose Posted January 11, 2014 at 08:45 AM Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 at 08:45 AM It looks like 德 through the hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadedStardust Posted January 11, 2014 at 09:10 AM Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 at 09:10 AM Okay, I was obviously having a moment, I see the 德 now as well... ignore my earlier post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demonic_Duck Posted January 11, 2014 at 03:18 PM Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 at 03:18 PM I agree it looks close to 德, it's certainly not 篇. Yeah, as far as random Chinese character tattoos go, it could be a lot worse. It looks like 德 through the hair.Well now, that's just a low blow. This board is for laughing at people's tattoos, not their body hair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottt Posted January 17, 2014 at 08:58 AM Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 at 08:58 AM It is 德 which has only good meaning.It may refer to eight kinds of virtures (忠孝仁愛信義和平) as 八德.These characts are often shown in the road names in Taiwan.In Taipei city, 忠孝, 仁愛, 信義, 和平 were used as the major road-names from north to south (horizontally one after another)Same situation at other cities/town at Taiwan.-----In short, 德 may contains lots of good characters. Thats why the Chinese translated German as 德國 insted of 得國 (same sound, less strokes)Congradulation, this lady picked a good charcter on her back.It will only bring her good fortunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted January 19, 2014 at 02:14 AM Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 at 02:14 AM Congradulation, this lady picked a good charcter on her back. Unfortunately she didn't pick someone who could write it nicely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted January 20, 2014 at 07:09 PM Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 at 07:09 PM Unfortunately she didn't pick someone who could write it nicely. I could be wrong, but isn't blotching something that happens with tattoos over time? As far as I can see, the character is not badly written, the calligraphy looks alright and it's decently executed. Not Wang Xizhi to be sure, but nothing to hide in shame either. I assumed that it looked fine when she got it, but over the years it blotched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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