Rabu, 29 Maret 2006
Selasa, 28 Maret 2006
Minggu, 26 Maret 2006
Ease of Gas Retention
From Brazil, reader Joao (a long time Japanese student) sent in a photo of this young man proudly displaying his cool tattoo at a party.
Besides the fact the characters are poorly written, the true meaning of the tattoo may not be as what the owner intended.
氣 (air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit), 止 (stop, halt, desist; detain), 康 (peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy), could be interpreted as “ease of gas retention”.
Perhaps this is some kind of viral ad campaign by makers of gas-relief medications?
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Besides the fact the characters are poorly written, the true meaning of the tattoo may not be as what the owner intended.
氣 (air, gas, steam, vapor; spirit), 止 (stop, halt, desist; detain), 康 (peaceful, quiet; happy, healthy), could be interpreted as “ease of gas retention”.
Perhaps this is some kind of viral ad campaign by makers of gas-relief medications?
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Rabu, 22 Maret 2006
Minggu, 19 Maret 2006
Rabu, 15 Maret 2006
Selasa, 14 Maret 2006
Downloadable Gibberish Asian Fonts
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New York Times and Tattoo Choices
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Sabtu, 11 Maret 2006
Marquis Antoine Daniels
Jimmy Tsai of Venom Sportswear emailed me about Dallas Mavericks’ player Marquis Daniels in the latest issue of DIME magazine.
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According to Daniels, the three “Chinese symbols” on his arm are his initials “MAD, Marquis Antoine Daniels” in Chinese.
Although the first two characters 康 and 女 are recognizable, the last character is only a partial that represents “roof”. Even if the characters were phonetically transliterated, they are still way off from “MAD”.
What does his tattoo really mean?
“Healthy Woman Roof”
Related: "NBA Body Art - Tale of My Chinese Tattoo" in Sports Illustrated.
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According to Daniels, the three “Chinese symbols” on his arm are his initials “MAD, Marquis Antoine Daniels” in Chinese.
Although the first two characters 康 and 女 are recognizable, the last character is only a partial that represents “roof”. Even if the characters were phonetically transliterated, they are still way off from “MAD”.
What does his tattoo really mean?
“Healthy Woman Roof”
Related: "NBA Body Art - Tale of My Chinese Tattoo" in Sports Illustrated.
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Jumat, 10 Maret 2006
"Skin, Hair, Body"
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This tattoo was shown in March 7th of BMEzine’s kanji gallery without any caption.
The first character 革 (leather, skin) and last character 身 (body) are done correctly. I am having trouble on deciding if the owner wanted 亳 (capitol of Anhui province) or 毫 (hair, milli-) in the center.
As of right now, I think it should be 革毫身, which means “skin, hair, body”.
In a previous post, owner of a 亳 claims she was told it meant “carpe diem”, which is wrong.
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Jumat, 03 Maret 2006
Rabu, 01 Maret 2006
NBA Body Art - Tale of My Chinese Tattoo
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