“I got this one as a tribute to all the people who get flash Kanji and really don’t know if it says what they think it should (note the question marks).
We had a Japanese kid getting tattooed and I had him draw it up. He said it would look cooler in Chinese so we went with that..”
It literally means “Don’t know”.
By Ed Weston, Chaos Ephex (again!), Lapeer, MI.
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66 responses to “And the peculiar thing is this my friends:”
“It literally means “Don’t know”
…….or does it? DUN DUN DUN!
“It literally means “Don’t know”
…….or does it? DUN DUN DUN!
Fuckin sweet.
Fuckin sweet.
That’s brilliant.
That’s brilliant.
hahaha. i love this. it’s hilarious and soo true at the same time.
hahaha. i love this. it’s hilarious and soo true at the same time.
mike’s comment actually amde me laugh.
just imagining if it was spelled wrong or meant something completely different.
oh, the irony, it’s to much.
haha
mike’s comment actually amde me laugh.
just imagining if it was spelled wrong or meant something completely different.
oh, the irony, it’s to much.
haha
Mike – just what I thought, haha. If I was the Japanese kid I couldn’t resist handing over “My bottom smells”, or something equally as childish.
Mike – just what I thought, haha. If I was the Japanese kid I couldn’t resist handing over “My bottom smells”, or something equally as childish.
Or the address of a well known Chinese tutoring school.
Or the address of a well known Chinese tutoring school.
Haha I love this! Not only from the same studio, but on the same guy!
Haha I love this! Not only from the same studio, but on the same guy!
That’s so funny. I actually had a friend get a tat like that, it was supposed to say Jew (he’s jewish, and because of that, it’s his nickname) and went to a Chinese resteraunt and they started clapping.
It said “Clap your hands if it’s your birthday this year.”
Funny story.
He found out what it said when he finally asked someone.
That had the whole place laughing.
That’s so funny. I actually had a friend get a tat like that, it was supposed to say Jew (he’s jewish, and because of that, it’s his nickname) and went to a Chinese resteraunt and they started clapping.
It said “Clap your hands if it’s your birthday this year.”
Funny story.
He found out what it said when he finally asked someone.
That had the whole place laughing.
gretchen – Was the tattoo on his stomach, was he naked? That’s probably why they were clapping.
gretchen – Was the tattoo on his stomach, was he naked? That’s probably why they were clapping.
Awesome. I can’t wait unitl someone comes up to him and he explains it.
The flowers on his hips are glorious.
Awesome. I can’t wait unitl someone comes up to him and he explains it.
The flowers on his hips are glorious.
cool idea for tattoo.
oh btw ROO- nice spin to Tenacious D
cool idea for tattoo.
oh btw ROO- nice spin to Tenacious D
hahahahahaha woot !!
hahahahahaha woot !!
the tattoo is accurate & it really means “Don’t know” in Chinese~
nice one.. =)
the tattoo is accurate & it really means “Don’t know” in Chinese~
nice one.. =)
I love it!
I love it!
safe idea man, just what if……..? lol
safe idea man, just what if……..? lol
same idea really for all lettering tattoos people don’t understand, kanji, irish the whole bunch
why get something in a language you dont understand 🙂
awesome idea btw
same idea really for all lettering tattoos people don’t understand, kanji, irish the whole bunch
why get something in a language you dont understand 🙂
awesome idea btw
知道
The direct translation is awareness, and the question marks are set up spanish style. Questionable awareness. So yeah you can feel okay about it not saying horse dong
知道
The direct translation is awareness, and the question marks are set up spanish style. Questionable awareness. So yeah you can feel okay about it not saying horse dong
The best kanji translation fuckup story I ever heard was some dolt who tried to use Babblefish to translate “War” into Chinese. And _then_ he didn’t realize that the incomprehensible boxes he got back were the result of not having a Chinese font installed on his computer (and not actual Chinese), so he went ahead and got those Windows missing-character symbols inked onto his arm.
He didn’t figure it out until he translated “Peace” into “chinese” for the other arm, and it came out the same. But _still_, dude was all like, “whoa, the symbols for war and peace are the same in Chinese.” Until his second tat artist was like, “um, dude, wtf?”
The best kanji translation fuckup story I ever heard was some dolt who tried to use Babblefish to translate “War” into Chinese. And _then_ he didn’t realize that the incomprehensible boxes he got back were the result of not having a Chinese font installed on his computer (and not actual Chinese), so he went ahead and got those Windows missing-character symbols inked onto his arm.
He didn’t figure it out until he translated “Peace” into “chinese” for the other arm, and it came out the same. But _still_, dude was all like, “whoa, the symbols for war and peace are the same in Chinese.” Until his second tat artist was like, “um, dude, wtf?”
There was an article a while back (most likely on BME, of course) about foreign lettering tattoos, how in Japan and China the tattoo artists are doing English tattoos that are just random letters or words.
They are completely meaningless or nothing like what the person said they wanted.
Of course, usually they think they are getting something meaning “beautiful princess” or “strong warrior”.
There was an article a while back (most likely on BME, of course) about foreign lettering tattoos, how in Japan and China the tattoo artists are doing English tattoos that are just random letters or words.
They are completely meaningless or nothing like what the person said they wanted.
Of course, usually they think they are getting something meaning “beautiful princess” or “strong warrior”.
HA that’s too funny! I love it.
HA that’s too funny! I love it.
Roo-
Actually it was on his shoulder!
and he’s a pretty hairy guy, think Austin Powers, so it would be pretty difficult to see it.
It was up on his shoulder and he was wearing a wife beater I think?
Roo-
Actually it was on his shoulder!
and he’s a pretty hairy guy, think Austin Powers, so it would be pretty difficult to see it.
It was up on his shoulder and he was wearing a wife beater I think?
wow… really long torso. it’s like his penis is missing
wow… really long torso. it’s like his penis is missing
jhonen…i thought the same thing hahahaha
and i like the tat btw
jhonen…i thought the same thing hahahaha
and i like the tat btw
“The direct translation is awareness, and the question marks are set up spanish style. Questionable awareness.”
Get off your high horse, nobody is going to read it as “awareness”. As far as conventional usage goes, it’s just “to know”.
One common mistake is when people get 咊 on them because they think it means “peace”. Actually 咊平 means peace; 咊 by itself doesn’t have much meaning on its own when it’s not part of a compound. Sometimes it means “and”.
平 by itself, incidentally, means “flat”.
Zhongwen.com is a decent online dictionary for looking stuff up. There’s also the Unihan database for Unicode characters.
http://zhongwen.com/
http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihansearch.html
And for heaven’s sake if you get a Chinese or Japanese tattoo, don’t go for one of those awful sticklike fonts that are the East Asian equivalent of Arial.
“The direct translation is awareness, and the question marks are set up spanish style. Questionable awareness.”
Get off your high horse, nobody is going to read it as “awareness”. As far as conventional usage goes, it’s just “to know”.
One common mistake is when people get 咊 on them because they think it means “peace”. Actually 咊平 means peace; 咊 by itself doesn’t have much meaning on its own when it’s not part of a compound. Sometimes it means “and”.
平 by itself, incidentally, means “flat”.
Zhongwen.com is a decent online dictionary for looking stuff up. There’s also the Unihan database for Unicode characters.
http://zhongwen.com/
http://www.unicode.org/charts/unihansearch.html
And for heaven’s sake if you get a Chinese or Japanese tattoo, don’t go for one of those awful sticklike fonts that are the East Asian equivalent of Arial.