This gallery features original kanji art tattoos.

The designs are based on kanji characters (i.e., Chinese / Japanese pictographs, lettering, symbols, words, etc). These pics can give you some ideas for tattoos.

If you want to get an accurate meaning, be sure to check with a native speaker or expert.

This flash is based on the kanji character for love. I've replaced the traditional calligraphy brushstrokes with apostrophic characters. This design is highly stylized; so the emphasis is on aesthetics, not fidelity to the original characters. I call it kanffiti (kanji + graffiti).

The meaning of this symbol is dragon.

This is also for tao. Looks like a baseball logo: "... and playing for center field, Lao Tzu!..."

Well, I guess if you're into the whole "long life" biz, here's a kanji tattoo meaning just that.

This is a 3d design I did many years ago. It is the character for dao (or tao) as in daoism (taoism).

"kanji tatoos" and "kanji tattos" be just fine speellin's 4 me.