Getting
the Chinese character for love tattoo
Chinese tattoos - If you’re thinking of getting the
Chinese character for love tattooed on your arm. It is useful to think about
this question:
Traditional
Chinese or Simplified Chinese?
Let’s observe:
The
Chinese character for love is: 爱
(ài)
The
traditional Chinese character for love is: 愛 (ài)
To a non-Chinese reader you might
not see much difference between the two.
Chinese tattoos - However, to a native Chinese reader they will notice that the traditional
Chinese character for love contains the Chinese character for heart (which you
can see in the middle of the character). Which is:
Chinese
character for heart: 心 (xīn)
Some users of traditional Chinese have questioned the simplified version by
asking whether love can really exist without a heart? So in their opinion, the
traditional Chinese character should be the one to use as it has a deeper
intrinsic meaning. Plus traditional Chinese characters always look cooler than
simplified ones. You’ll also be able to direct them to this great website that
helped you to decide.
However, if you are scared of pain. The simplified Chinese character for love
might be the one to go for… since the traditional character is more complex
(and therefore needs more ink word doing).
Whatever it is. Make sure you get a professional opinion on it first. You don’t
want to have an embarrassing trip to China one day.
