Translation very much appreciated ☺

[Mysi4153]

 

[Shelley]

The picture is upside down. It might be trying to be 气 or the traditional version as in this picture below. Which oddly enough I couldn't find in my input method and had to resort to inserting a picture of it.

Your tattoo is not really either of these but it means air, breath, it is Qi as in life force.  It is very popular.

Your version might be a third way of writing it but I have not seen it written that way before.

 

 

[yueni]

@Shelley is correct that it is upside down, but it isn't Chinese. It's Japanese, and it is ki, which is basically the Japanese equivalent of the Chinese qi （气）. Shelley has the correct meaning above though.

[Shelley]

I had my suspicions that it was Japanese but I am never confident about declaring it Japanese unless I have checked, but I deliberately try not to confuse myself by looking up Japanese words

[EnergyReaper]

@Shelley, No doubt. In Baidu search engine, it's really Japanese variant of 气。But its meaning is similar to Chinese version. By the way, @Mysi4153, I strongly recommend you to tattoo some Chinese characters, for they are more cool and also here is chinese-forums...Ha ha!

[Mysi4153]

Thank you both so much. It's only upside down in the photo 

 

 

It's not my tattoo but I will keep a future Chinese tattoo in mind 

[EnergyReaper]

@Mysi4153 I also recommend you to tattoo some meaningful Chinese phrases or idioms. Do you know a famous soccer player Beckham? He has tattooed a famous ancient Chinese idiom '生死由命、富贵在天' which means —— life and death by the life, wealth in the day. I hope you can find a proper and likable tattoo eventually.

[edelweis]

On 2/4/2018 at 5:54 AM, EnergyReaper said:

 life and death by the life, wealth in the day

 

[lips]

On 2/3/2018 at 8:54 PM, EnergyReaper said:

'生死由命、富贵在天' which means —— life and death by the life, wealth in the day

See here for clearer translations.

[EnergyReaper]

@edelweis,I'm sorry I choose a translation about '生死由命、富贵在天' with haste. Forgive my poor English. I'm a native Chinese speaker. And thanks @lips very much. Now I will choose a more suitable translation. '生死由命、富贵在天' means 'Life and death are all according to destiny,and wealth and title are decreed by Heaven.' If you meet something bad today. Just forget it. Remember a proverb 'every dog has its day' .