Need help translating

[Destiny1]

A friend got this tattoo and isnt sure it says what it is suppose to can anyone help translate what it says?

[陳德聰]

Hopefully the picture is flipped and not the tattoo. It is 麻 which means hemp, sesame, numb... pock-marked... all kinds of things.

[Shelley]

It is pronounced má. Maybe it is something to do the sound ma, someone's name maybe?

[ZC]

Assuming it’s 麻 unless you’re a big fan of flax, Sichuan food or sandpaper I think it might not be the most meaningful tattoo.

 

edit: Pleco says it’s also a surname so do you know and love someone named ma? (And not 马 which is also said ma)

[Shelley]

52 minutes ago, ZC said:

you’re a big fan of flax

More likely to be a big fan of hemp maybe?, one of the other meanings

[Destiny1]

Thank you all, it definetly doesnt say what it was meant to the intention was for the tattoo to say family. 

[Destiny1]

The tattoo is flipped opposite of what is shown in the symbols that has been posted though.. Does that change what it is suppose to be saying 

[陳德聰]

@Destiny1 The tattoo is a mirror image of a Chinese character that does not mean “family.” It’s a crude comparison, but imagine you were aiming for “family” and you got “ylimaf”.

[ZC]

In case you wanted to try again with family, I might suggest the character “家” or even better the word “family”.