Though each country has its own tattoo designs that closely resembles its culture, tradition and artistic works, people in the West seem to be more interested in Asian designed tattoos. Japanese and Chinese letters, dragons, etc form the major part of such interests. Asian style tattoos seem to get more and more attention and there has been no stop to it.
Kanji, a form of Japanese writing, has long been used in the West, nearly from the 1980s. Its popularity has grown to such an extent, that kids are able to get a temporary Kanji tattoo from a vending machine. Still the question if Kanji tattoos are so popular persists.
Some of the expert artists have given their views concerning Kanji tattoos. Nearly one from every 20 individuals shows their interest in getting a Kanji style tattoo. But it has created the problem of proper understanding. People think they have embedded a statement that suits them precisely in Kanji, which is unique, but the actual meaning of the words in the tattoo differs considerably. This problem arises because of tattoo artists lacking proper knowledge of Kanji letters and writing style.
Sometimes this problem has been to its extreme just because the artist thinks that the person being tattooed is not appreciating his artistic works and is just following fashion blindly. Such thoughts in tattoo artists have led them to tattoo words like loose, whore, bitch, and many more unpleasant words onto the person’s body and the person is unaware of all these.
Thus in order to avoid such problems, it is good to remember that Kanji depends on a different linguistic form and is totally different in construction as compared to English, prior to deciding to tattoo in Kanji style. Dedicate some of your time to understand the genuineness of each letter’s meaning if you are determined to get a Kanji tattoo. This can avoid the problems mentioned earlier in the article and you need not regret later or go to the extent of removing the tattoo.
Japanese is one of the most difficult languages and if you don’t understand it, it is really going to be a very tough job for you to find the exact characters that you really want to express. It is suggested to trust a faithful friend or do a proper research yourself.
