April 8, 2009 at 9:13 am #29624
    apaulex
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    @apaulex

    Hello everyone, I got this tattoo when I was young and dumb, and I was not thinking right. I know a symbol in my kanji tattoo means “Power”, but I was wanting to to double check and make sure thats all it meant. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you much.

    http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s…paulex/tat.jpg

    tat.jpg

    April 8, 2009 at 2:14 pm #62840
    teh_universe
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    @teh_universe

    I’m sorry, but after looking through my dictionary for almost thirty minutes, I cannot figure out what that kanji is supposed to be. The way it’s written seems to suggest that the three on top are one kanji, but I can’t find any kanji that looks like that. I can tell you what each piece says though. The top left one, by it self reads “husband”, or more, the humble name a wife would call her husband. The one under it looks like “earth or soil” but the bottom part should be a straight line, and not the arrow shaped thing; and the kanji on the right means “blade, sword, or edge (of a sword)”. The one on the bottom dose mean power. So, that’s really strange. Maybe it says “Husband with an earth-sword is power”; but like I said, the one on the top, being written the way it is suggest it’s one kanji. Maybe someone else here can help you.

    April 8, 2009 at 2:20 pm #62844
    teh_universe
    Participant
    @teh_universe

    I’m sorry, but after looking through my dictionary for almost thirty minutes, I cannot figure out what that kanji is supposed to be. The way it’s written seems to suggest that the three on top are one kanji, but I can’t find any kanji that looks like that. I can tell you what each piece says though. The top left one, by it self reads “husband”, or more, the humble name a wife would call her husband. The one under it looks like “earth or soil” but the bottom part should be a straight line, and not the arrow shaped thing; and the kanji on the right means “circle, full (month), or perfection”, but the horizontal line should be cutting across the vertical one. The one on the bottom dose mean power. So, that’s really strange. Maybe it says “Husband with a circle of soil is power”; but like I said, the one on the top, being written the way it is suggest it’s one kanji. Maybe someone else here can help you.

    April 9, 2009 at 3:26 am #62865
    safe1011
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    @safe1011

    YES, that chinese character means POWER n STRENGTH 🙂

    April 9, 2009 at 3:49 am #62866
    apaulex
    Participant
    @apaulex

    good deal, thank you all very much for your help, so it just stands for power and strength?

    April 9, 2009 at 4:39 am #62867
    teh_universe
    Participant
    @teh_universe
    safe1011;38408 wrote:
    YES, that chinese character means POWER n STRENGTH 🙂

    Oh, it’s Chinese, not Japanese. No wonder I couldn’t read it. (For the record, kanji is Japanese and hanzi is Chinese.)

    April 9, 2009 at 4:55 am #62868
    apaulex
    Participant
    @apaulex

    oh im sorry, i was always told it was kanji, god i feel dumb having this on my body ;/

    also , is there any possible way , you can find a site that can show me it means power,strength as well. would put my mind to rest ;o

    April 9, 2009 at 11:53 am #62875
    Sherav
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    @sherav

    Hi

    I have as friend who is from Hong Kong but is fluent in Chinese and used to work as a translator. I will ask him to PDF me the characters for power and strength in both ancient and modern.

    That way you can check them against your tattoo.

    Take Care
    Matthew

    April 10, 2009 at 1:14 am #62908
    apaulex
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    @apaulex

    that would be great, ty so much.

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