What does a Chinese letter tattoo mean?
It has exactly the same meaning as the Chinese letter itself, strangely enough. However it very often doesn’t mean what the wearer thinks it means, because the artist probably got it out of a book, possibly transposed it and more likely than not has no particular understanding of Chinese. I’ve upset plenty of people by disabusing them of the meaning they think their Chinese letter tattoo has. But at the end of the day, having a tattoo is cool. If it means something different than you thought or intended, or means nothing decypherable, who cares… it’s all good fun if you’ve got a sense of humour.
