Symbol Confirmation

[Bree]

Hey everyone. A friend of mine is getting a tatoo with two chinese symbols on it, but we wanted to make sure that it actually says what she thinks it does.

It's supposed to be the symbol for love and the symbol for trust together in a circle. I have the chart she used to pick them out, but I'd appreciate it if anyone who does know what they should look like can post them please, just to be sure. It would suck to have it tatooed on and then find out that it doesn't say what she wants it to.

[Allen84]

TRUST

[IMG]http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1278579/2/istockphoto_1278579_vector_japanese[/IMG]



LOVE

[IMG]http://www.chinesenames.org/images/tattoo/love.gif[/IMG]



Im pretty sure these are it, but correct me if im wrong. the trust one has other types of meanings attached to it, like faith, loyalty..., but i guess they all mean the same thing lol

[manixc]

[QUOTE=Allen84;5432485]TRUST

[IMG]http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1278579/2/istockphoto_1278579_vector_japanese[/IMG]



LOVE

[IMG]http://www.chinesenames.org/images/tattoo/love.gif[/IMG]



Im pretty sure these are it, but correct me if im wrong. the trust one has other types of meanings attached to it, like faith, loyalty..., but i guess they all mean the same thing lol[/QUOTE]

+1

[yao416]

Love

[COLOR="red"]爱[/COLOR]

Trust

[COLOR="Red"]信[/COLOR]


:lol:

[nsx]

I prefer the traditional character of "Love" (which includes the "heart" element):

[size=6]愛[/size]

[img]http://www.zein.se/patrick/char/amulett02a.gif[/img]

[TapemanPL]

[QUOTE=nsx;5432554]I prefer the traditional character of "Love" (which includes the "heart" element):

[size=6]愛[/size]

[img]http://www.zein.se/patrick/char/amulett02a.gif[/img][/QUOTE]

+1 on that, looks a lot better too

[Bree]

[QUOTE=nsx;5432554]I prefer the traditional character of "Love" (which includes the "heart" element):

[size=6]愛[/size]

[img]http://www.zein.se/patrick/char/amulett02a.gif[/img][/QUOTE]

The larger one here? What is the difference meaning wise?

[nsx]

[QUOTE=Bree;5432646]The larger one here? What is the difference meaning wise?[/QUOTE]

There's no difference.
It's the same character (traditional character) of LOVE.

[yao416]

[QUOTE=nsx;5432554]I prefer the traditional character of "Love" (which includes the "heart" element):

[size=6]愛[/size]

[img]http://www.zein.se/patrick/char/amulett02a.gif[/img][/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Bree;5432646]The larger one here? What is the difference meaning wise?[/QUOTE]

If you can see theres a 心 in that character
and 心 means Heart,

I dont know if you get it or not,

[hagbard]

I'd never trust anyone who had that tattooed to their body.

[CSK'sMom]

Tats of Chinese symbols only look good on the Chinese....;)

[billdozer]

[QUOTE=CSK'sMom;5432730]Tats of Chinese symbols only look good on the Chinese....;)[/QUOTE]

Hi there,

QFT.

Tell you friend, I'm assuming is caucasian, to get one that says "Gullible White Girl" or "General Tso's Chicken" in Chinese Characters :lol:

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194732,00.html[/url]

JL...

[robattoronto]

Respectfully disagreed. :) I think Chinese symbol tats on white girls are so hot. Depends who's sporting it and where. It just shows a wilder side to a plain vanilla white girl.

[QUOTE=CSK'sMom;5432730]Tats of Chinese symbols only look good on the Chinese....;)[/QUOTE]

[CSK'sMom]

[QUOTE=billdozer;5432739]Hi there,

QFT.

Tell you friend, I'm assuming is caucasian, to get one that says "Gullible White Girl" or "General Tso's Chicken" in Chinese Characters :lol:

[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,194732,00.html[/url]

JL...[/QUOTE]

LMAO @ "tramp stamp"! :lol:

[jollyeskimo]

[QUOTE]often it appears as if whoever recommends a tattoo has a less-than-firm grasp on the basics of Asian grammar, applying English-language rules to an alien tongue — sticking the word for “power” to the left of the word for “love,” for example, is nonsense, not “powerful love,” in Chinese, which requires a complete sentence of at least five characters to convey that idea.[/QUOTE]

爱信 or 信爱 means about just as much as "lovebelieve" or "trustlove" in English.

Heck, it could be literally translated as "love letter" because 信 could mean letter (as in mail), trust, or belief/believe. Ask your friend if she wants THAT tattooed on herself.