Thoughts about Kanji tattoos?

[alanX]

I appreciate everyone's feedback! Keep em' coming.

[GregFromScotland]

I wouldn't mind getting my name in Katakana.

グレッグ

Generally because I like my name. However, too many people get a foreign language on their bodies, so I'm less inclined to now.

[alanX]

Originally Posted by Hatredcopter

It's silly regardless of whether or not you know Japanese/Chinese. They're the most cliched tattoo you can get. Often-times, kanji tattoos that may look or seem cool to a westerner will look rather silly to a native speaker of Japanese/Chinese. People treat kanji as if it's some cool, mystical language that no one understands - it's just a silly trend - and kanji is just an alphabet. Do yourself a favor and get some real artwork done if you want a tattoo.

Hanzi Smatter 一知半解 <-- go there and see the terrible mistakes people have made getting kanji tattoos.

Couldn't agree more.

[SmMo]

i wouldn't get a kanji tattoo unless it was my name...

cause no matter what it might mean, it's still my name and that's not really gonna change

毛星民 "Mo - fur" "Seong - star" "Min - Nation/people" korean btw ;p

[Naoko]

I don't see anything wrong with it - as it's been said before: so long as you KNOW what it means and it has some meaning behind it. It's no more or less silly than some of the other crap I see people get tattooed on themselves. If you're going to say it's silly or stupid then it needs to be because the idea of tattooing involves putting something permanent on your body period, not because a person choose to put it in another language.

[MissMisa]

To be honest I'm not bothered about what other people do to themselves. I'm not particularly fond of piercings or tattoos but other people having them doesn't bother me at all. Most piercings you can take out and it's fine, but a tattoo is with you forever and I change my mind a lot.

[vilQ]

You can remove a tattoo quite "easily" these days. It just might be expensive, depending on where you live.

[alanX]

Originally Posted by vilQ

You can remove a tattoo quite "easily" these days. It just might be expensive, depending on where you live.

It's not about the tattoo's. I could care less about the tattoo, I have three myself. But it's the fact that the tattoo is of a language that you don't understand, and I somewhat find it slightly on the disrespectful side. Even thought I'm not Japanese, I've lived there, and speak the language, so I don't know. I just find it abusive in a sense.


But it's not the fact that it's a tattoo. It's that it's a KANJI tattoo.

[burkhartdesu]

Kanji tattoos are so cheesy.

Unless you're asian or your kanji tattoo is accompanied by some sort of art-- do yourself a favor and don't get "peace" or anything corny.


When I went to Japan I climbed a mountain in Takefu and I did Zazen with a real buddhist priest-- it was awesome and he hand drew me a Daruma... Its really simple and awesome, and the kanji of that temple is on it, I plan on getting the Daruma with the kanji on my back in the same calligraphy-style.

It was an important moment in my life, so kanji seems permitable.

I'll scan it sooner or later. Mine is FAR more badass, but here's kinda what it looks like:

[alanX]

Originally Posted by burkhartdesu

Kanji tattoos are so cheesy.

Unless you're asian or your kanji tattoo is accompanied by some sort of art-- do yourself a favor and don't get "peace" or anything corny.


When I went to Japan I climbed a mountain in Takefu and I did Zazen with a real buddhist priest-- it was awesome and he hand drew me a Daruma... Its really simple and awesome, and the kanji of that temple is on it, I plan on getting the Daruma with the kanji on my back in the same calligraphy-style.

It was an important moment in my life, so kanji seems permitable.

I'll scan it sooner or later.

Hm...I guess somewhere deep down I guess I could find that situation acceptable. And yeah, I agree with you. Like those morons who get 愛 tattoos because they think it's cool.