June 8, 2009 at 1:32 am #30219
    itsjon
    Guest
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    Hey, I was wondering if someone could help out, would be a big favor.
    I was looking to get 2 Kanji tattoos going down my spinal cord, just under my neck line, one I was going to write Love and Prosperity. But while I was looking around to find a good design I kind of got lost. I saw tons of different designs of the same thing and ended up wondering which was the correct spelling/design.

    Could someone get me a “Correct” design, a cool looking one but still Kanji.
    I’m going to get this work done probably this month, so I really need a quick help, i’ll post the pictures after I get it done.

    This is supposedly means prosperity;

    http://site.buildingcharacters.com/images/prosperitychart.gif

    BUT

    this too…

    http://www.orientaloutpost.com/c/kp4/32321.gif

    this is luck/prosperity;

    http://www.theartofcalligraphy.com/images/kanji-luck-prosperity.jpg

    and Love is supposedly;

    http://www.luckyicons.com/images/kanji_love.png

    http://www.haolekid.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000002/KanjiLove.gif

    http://nihongoufpr.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/ai-kanji_nihongo-ufpr.jpg


    Thanks!

    [Edit]

    And if you can, post some of designs you have, or any good ideas.

    July 1, 2009 at 3:04 pm #66399
    sorrowlovesEmilie
    Participant
    @sorrowlovesemilie

    You probably won’t find a single symbol for one word in kanji, as kanji is in most senses, a made up language, Now don’t take my word for it, but all the articles I’ve read on Kanji state that most symbols are either completely falsified and mean nothing, or don’t really mean what they say they do, hence a girl walking in asking for the rooster symbol for her birth year on her arm, and walking out with the word ‘chicken’ which is slang for prostitute in some parts of Asia forever tattoo’d on her. If I were you I’d go for either chinese Ping yin, or Japanese symbols, using a decent chinese or japanese site that seems reputable, or get someone who speaks either language to draw something up for you. At least then you really know what you are getting.

    July 1, 2009 at 10:15 pm #66414
    Tantra
    Participant
    @tantra

    For exact kanji translation and different styles of callygraphy, I always go to the same artist. She does an awesome job!

    I cannot recommend Eri enough 🙂

    http://stockkanji.com/

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