100 Beautiful Chinese Japanese Kanji Tattoo Symbols & Designs

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Chinese Tattoos vs Japanese Kanji Tattoos

The Japanese Kanji are essentially Chinese words, the ancient Japanese borrowed and adapted it into their Nippon-Go language, thus the words and meaning are the same, only the pronunciation is different. The worm like Japanese words are originally Japanese, but not he Kanji words. As for the Koreans, theyve totally abandoned the Chinese words and reinvented their own words and language system.

The Korean words can be easily identified by their strong use of box symbols, lots of boxes. Nippon-Go is more worm like.

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Chinese Zodiac

There are 12 Zodiac in the Chinese calendar, same goes with the Japanese. The only difference is instead of a goat, the Japanese substitute it with a sheep. Since the Chinese calendar uses a different system compared to the Georgian calendar, you will have to look up birth-date on Wikipedia (Chinese Calendar) for your Chinese Zodiac. As usual, always double check before you ink the tattoo.

Our 4 Favorite Tattoos

Below are 4 of our favorite Chinese Tattoos, they are dragon, patience, book and peace. The Dragon and Patience are all time favorite, the Patience word is more meaningful in the sense that it is a combo of 2 Chinese word, Knife (top) and heart (down). When combined, it creates a new word and meaning Without patience, the knife will strike the heart. Click on image for a higher resolution.

More Chinese Japanese Kanji Tattoos

Here are even more best of the best Chinese Japanese tattoos symbols for men, women, girls, and more. From love to flower, from koi to sleeves. Click on the image for the full resolution, to search for a specific word in English, hit Ctrl + F button on your browser. The search box will appear and you can perform a quick search for the word youve been searching for.

1. Spirit, Men, Father, Child, Grandson, Sunrise, Sunset
2. Soul, Contract, Divorce, Military, Power, Soldier, Ancestor / Clan
3. Pray, Supreme Being, Immortal Being, Guard / Defend, Listen / Obey, Football, Boxing
4. Holy / Sacred, Buddha / Buddhism, Temple, God, Minister, Heaven / Sky, Gate of Heaven

1. Uncle, Sage, Talisman, Butterfly, Mantis, Spider, Centipede
2. Husband, Elder Brother, Younger Brother, Rich, Gamble, Genius, Crown
3. Laugh / Smile, Flower, Rose, Master, Teacher, Ruler / Monarch, King
4. Cheerful, Eternity, Friends, Married Couple, Wife, Mother, Grandmother

1. Win, Wolf
2. Strong, Crazy
3. Taboo, Treasure
4. Shit, Battle

1. Angel, Last
2. Heaven, Jihad
3. Space, Murder
4. Sun, Doll
5. Moonshine, C eschatology

1. God, Goddess
2. Kill, Rock
3. Sound, Secret
4. Evil, Daybreak
5. Death, Metal
6. Black, Master

1. Foolish, Violate / Attack, Deceive / Bully, Mentally Deranged / Insane, Violent / Hot Tempered, Grave, Feareful / Intimidate
2. Humble, Devious / Evil, Mad / Crazy, Kill, Slaughter, Strong, Fierce
3. Defiance / Tough, Poison, Sinister / Secret, Interrogate, Beat / Torture, Butcher, Decapitate
4. Obscene, Dirty / Filthy, Corpse, Prisoner, Execute Criminal, Fight, Barbarians / Savages

1. Tragedy, Happiness, Wisdom

Top 50 Popular Japanese Kanji Tattoos

If you are looking for basic kanji characters that are popular and meaningful, here are 50 of them. To search for the calligraphy font, Google the word in bracket under Google Images. Here is an example of The Code of Samurai (Bushidou)

1. Ambition (Yabou)
2. Beauty (Bi)
3. Belief (Shinnen)
4. Bravery (Yuukan)
5. Buddhism (Bukkyou)
6. Courage (Yuuki)
7. The Code of Samurai (Bushidou)
8. Desire (Yokubou)
9. Dragon (Ryuu)
10. Dream (yume)
11. Enlightenment (Satori)
12. Eternity (Eien)
13. Freedom (Jiyuu)
14. Friendship (Yuujou)
15. God (Kami)
16. Happiness (Koufuku)
17. Honor (Meiyo)
18. Hope (Kibou)
19. Ideal (Risou)
20. Illusion (Gensou)
21. Justice (Seigi)
22. Legend (Densetsu)
23. Love (Ai)
24. Loyalty (Chuujitsu)
25. Meditation (Mokusou)
26. Moon (Tsuki)
27. Nature (Shizen)
28. Ocean (Umi)
29. Passion (Jounetsu)
30. Peace (Heiwa)
31. Perfect (Kanzen)
32. Power (Chikara)
33. Pride (Hokori)
34. Promise (Yakusoku)
35. Rainbow (Niji)
36. Respect (Sonkei)
37. Samurai
38. Secret (Himitsu)
39. Sky (Sora)
40. Shogun
41. Star (Hoshi)
42. Soul (Tamashii)
43. Spirit (Seishin)
44. Success (Seikou)
45. Sun (Taiyou)
46. Truth (Shinjitsu)
47. Universe (Uchuu)
48. Victory (Shouri)
49. Wisdom (Chie)
50. Zen

Some Interesting Facts About Tattoo

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