Japanese Tattoo Symbols – What Are The Options?
If you are looking for a tattoo design, you may be thinking of using a Japanese tattoo symbol. If you are thinking about a Japanese tattoo you can choose from a traditional tattoo design, which is more like a picture or you could choose a tattoo symbol that represents a name or a particular word that has a special meaning to you.
You may have seen pictures of Japanese people with tattoo coverings all over their body. They cover the back, arms and shoulders and in some cases the entire body. The designs will be made up of dragons, snakes, koi fish and other animals or even flowers. This kind of tattoo covering is associated with the Japanese mafia and is not liked by most people.
An alternative to a traditional Japanese tattoo design is to use a symbol used in Japanese writing. The first thing to know if you are considering a symbol tattoo is that there are three writing systems in Japan, hiragana, katakana and kanji. Hiragana are used for parts of speech, word endings and words that can not be represented in Kanji. Katakana is used for foreign words and foreign names. Kanji are adapted originally from Chinese characters and is the most complicated of all the writing systems.
If you are thinking of using a Japanese symbol for your tattoo design, you can either use one of the writing systems to represent a name, or you could choose one of kanji characters. Some of the most popular kanji characters that are used are those that represent the meanings of Love, Family members, Happiness, Luck, Samurai, Wisdom and even Zen.
Choose your Japanese tattoo symbol carefully. Study the different options for the designs and if you go for a symbol made from Kanji or another Japanese writing system, take extra care to ensure that it will be written correctly. Make sure you are going to happy with the design, location and size of it, and it will be with you for the long term.
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