From looking around, it appears to be Chinese meaning Buddha.

Hope this helps put your friend at ease of mind.

im still searching through my chinese dictionary but it looks like the symbol shang, the second symbol in this image. it means Injury or wound- this version is a simplified symbol but it can be drawn more complicated. still searching though. x
sorry its not the showing the second symbol, it also looks like yong – a symbol for bravery but as of yet havent found an exact match though the black outlining and closeness of the symbols makes it hard. Dont worry bout mistakes happens even to sober ppl, my bf just got a tattoo in chinese thinking in said outlaw and actually it’s telling all the chinese people he’s an escaped/ released convict/ prisoner 🙂