Baka Gaijin needs help with kanji tattoo....

[DaiOni]

Bl4cK32: that IS one kanji - thus can only be written that way

As far as I know, this is the more common kanji -

But both have the exact same reading 'ryuu' (dragon)

Just guessing (I'd have to ask), but perhaps the one you posted is a chinese character that was directly copied (and in use) by the japanese (I personally think the one you posted is more elegant)

the pics you have been posting are modern designs - taking the traditional and given it a 'tribal' makeover - they are relatively common though (and easy for any decent tattoist to do - no shading required, just outline and fill-in)

chinese vs japanese? haha, not my area of expertise - I'd have to ask him. The japanese have a story (maybe it comes from the chinese, I'm not sure) - something along the lines of a carp who swam back up a river and, to climb a waterfall, was changed into a dragon - which is one of the reasons that carp are often used - and often the carp and the dragon are merged (transformation pose)

myself, being a keen fisherman in australia, I could never get a dirty old carp tattooed on me!! but I've been trying to think of a way to incorporate a dragon into the side of my oni tattoo (though, to be culturally accurate, it should be a tiger, not a dragon)

[DaiOni]

okay, re: kanji - apparently the one I posted is a simplified form - somewhere down the line they decided it was easier to make a 10 stroke kanji (as opposed to continually writing a 17 stroke one). This is quite common - having an original ('difficult') kanji, and a later, modified version ('easy')

[Bl4cK32]

Cool...so the both mean the same then. I like the tribal tats because of the lack of colours. Relies more on the drawing itself rather than the shading to make the pic....that and the $$

I think i'll go for the one i posted...as you said more elegant to look at Now just gotta arange it some how...

[Bl4cK32]

haha yeah...having a dirty great big carp tattooed on you in Australia...you could also get a rabbit...or maybe a fox Traditional Aussie tats

[DaiOni]

If it was me, I would put a nice curve in the tail, and put the kanji inside that space - but it it would take a bit of work to do it right

[Bl4cK32]

yer i might leave the kanji small...get it put in where the tail curves to the left...plenty of time to think about it though. January is the dealine

[RyanJ]

Hey,

Sorry to dredge up an old thread for my question, but I thought it would be more prudent to tack it on here than to start a new thread.

Can anyone offer me an explaination of the below Kanji and what it means, if it even means anything?

I have been told it the characters are pronounced "Rai" + "an". Obviously this is why I'm interested... although I know getting your own name tattooed on yourself is a bit cheesy.

Cheers!

[funkymonkey]

from what remember when I was designing a dragon tat for a freind and talking to the local chinese tattoo artist, if the dragon had whiskers or if it had a forked tongue, it was supposed to be a chinese dragon or something like that... I dunno can someone confirm?

[homer2288]

Can anyone offer me an explaination of the below Kanji and what it means, if it even means anything?

Cheers!

In Chinese the 1st character means thunder, 2nd means dark. I think they have similar meanings in Japanese.

[RyanJ]

So my name means Dark Thunder in Kanji?

Sweet.

Or is it Thunder Dark which is meaningless?

Also what about "Rai" + "un"?

[funkymonkey]

Raiden means thunder god innit? from Mortal combat

[homer2288]

So my name means Dark Thunder in Kanji?

Sweet.

Or is it Thunder Dark which is meaningless?

Also what about "Rai" + "un"?

Well straight direct translation is Thunder Dark (sounds bit like odering a Coffee Black) . But u can call yourself Dark Thunder if u want.. :ufo: ..

When u only put these 2 words together Thunder Dark they dont mean much.

"Rai" + "Un" <== are u referring to Chinese pronounciation? They sound similar. In Chinese, the correct pronounciation "Lei" "An" , I think...which doesnt sound close enough to Ryan...i think "Lai" "En" would probably sound closer to Ryan.

[RyanJ]

Heh yeah I'm a bit of a space cadet...

Cheers for the advice.

[Tigger]

ooooh wow tattoos!

i wanna get a tattoo but cant commit for the fear of regretting it later in life...

but if i was to get one, i wouldnt settle for a little thing on my arm or shoulder. i'd go full out and get a huge fcuk-off dragon tattoo that would span the length of my body.

i saw it in a korean movie called "jopog manura" or in english "my wife is a gangster"

in it, there is a scene where the chick (who is a gangster) shows the tat and its a black dragon with iths head starting on the right shoulder, its body running down her back, ass and thighs, and the tail ends just below the back of the legs. i must say its the BEST tattoo i have ever seen. i'll try to get a screen shot here later and when you guys see it, im sure you will agree.

[crack]

how do you write skyline in kanji

[DaiOni]

you don't

[InspectorGadget]

how do you write skyline in kanji

You'd write it in Katakana, the alphabet used for `loan words` in Japanese.

IG

PS Whats the Kanji for "Sold". I want to tatoo it on my forehead. :-P

[Laurence]

Ummm sold is something like this 張形

[InspectorGadget]

Ummm sold is something like this 張形

You'll know what I look like if we ever meet.

:wassup:

IG

[Laurence]

To be completely honest I have usually tried to avoid people with tatoos on their forehead.