China and Japan are popular worldwide for their variety of designs to be tattooed on the human body. Approximately all the tattoos depict either some object, living being, quaint gothic creature, dragon or some exceptional scenes looking not only beautiful by their countenance but protecting the tattoo wearer from the evil forces of the world or some negative repercussion on him.
But there is another form of tattooing the body called ideographic which instead of creating the picturesque tattoo either of living and non living objects or some fictitious creature, rather write something in Chinese or Japanese language as per the demand of individual who may aspire to get his or her name or some auspicious message tattooed on the body. Such kind of art is called the kanji tattoo and today its famous worldwide.
It has been authenticated that even the celebrities and Hollywood stars and singers are getting inclined towards the kanji tattoos causing in this way a curiosity amongst the people of world to get themselves tattooed with kanji tattoo designs to see its positive effect on their life.
As has already been substantiated that Japanese tattoos are preferred worldwide and the kanji tattoos to be carved on the individual’s body in a ideographic form is replacing the conventional tattoo designs.
Kanji tattoo art, though look like either some bush, garden, flower or any beautiful monument it happens to be in the Japanese or Chinese language being written an the body of a person aspiring to inscribe something from any specific point of view.
If you see some one tattooed with Chinese or Japaneses language you should get assured that the tattoo is not a simple tattoo design but is an kanji tattoo instead.
Why To Choose Kanji Tattoo
As kanji is associated with Chinese and Japanese, few people from these countries get Kanji tattoos to show off their roots and attachment with the same countries, but some non Asians also get these tattoo, some for love with the Asian culture, some because its an amazing art with personal meaning engraved on your body. Kanji is famous among both man and women and they choose words which keep special importance in their lives like their names, beloved names, power, peace, harmony, worship, love, luck or happiness anything that is powerful in their lives.
Kanji is basically a Japanese writing style influenced by Chinese words, it becomes a unique form of art when it comes out in written. Kanji is a complex tattoo art and possibilities of wrong translation is very common while engraving Kanji so always, be careful before getting this tattoo done. Accuracy is extremely important when getting worded tattoo done especially when you are not known about the language. Always try to translate in advance your willing word with the help of library books or any known one. If possible accompany with any Japanese known person while going to get the tattoo.
History Of Kanji
The history of Kanji is around 17000 BC and 11000 BC old and at first it was being done on animal bones. Characters from Kanji have been adopted by Japanese from China. These shapes are mysterious and interesting that’s why modern tattoo lovers adopted Kanji as a form of art.
Presentation of Kanji is being done in may forms some of them are:
- Pictographs- associated with the shape of the things they want to present
- Ideographs – associated with the indication of numbers or directions
- Compound Ideographs- associated with representation of complex Kanji words with the help of easy kanji words.
- Phonetic Ideographs –associated with the representation of new word through complex symbols and phonetic ones.
- Derivative characters- associated with the interpretation process of representation.
- Phonetic loans- associated with the combination of sound of words and meaning.
