<p>It should be &quot;天&quot; - sky; heaven; god. Unfortunately, the tattoo artist made it like &quot;夭&quot; - die young.</p>
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<p>Note, before getting upset and arguing with the tattoo artist, depending on the word paired with it in a compound word, the word &quot;夭&quot; can also mean - young; be delicate and charming; tender and beautiful. (夭娇; 夭妍; 夭桃; 夭饶; 夭冶)</p>

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2024-10-12T07:36:50.003Z
We need to know the words on top to know what it really is? It looks a lot like  "夭"?
Wayne Cheah
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2024-10-14T02:53:06.657Z
The words above are my cousins name who died and I had the symbol for heaven or what I thought was tattooed below his name
Ronnie
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2024-10-14T08:21:50.763Z
Sorry for your loss. Now it probably make sense as your cousin died "young"?, and so it could be  "夭" , (youthful passing), or "天", (in Heaven)  Perhaps the Tattoo master really knew what he was doing, assuming you explained the sad situation to him?
Wayne Cheah
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2024-10-15T19:56:16.920Z
thank you, I had not thought of that, maybe he did change it to better suit my situation
Ronnie
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2024-10-15T20:13:58.480Z
Maybe give Wayne Cheah an uptick in rewarding his relentless pursuit and uncover this mystery :)
r13
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2024-10-15T23:02:46.390Z
what is an uptick?
Ronnie
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2024-10-16T00:12:09.930Z
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r13
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2024-10-16T02:44:32.980Z
I did that but it says I need 15 reputation to cast a vote but my feedback was taken. I said thank you in my reply to him, thank you.
Ronnie
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2024-10-16T13:15:44.930Z
You are welcome. I forgot the minimum points requirement.
r13
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r13
<p>can you tell me what this means and what language it is?<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/9QHCGt6K.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/9QHCGt6K.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2024-10-12T06:58:56.620Z
How old are you? :)
Pedroski
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2024-10-12T07:39:06.080Z
Judging from the skin tone, and doing a tattoo without knowing the language, he is quite young?, at least at the time the tattoo was done?
Wayne Cheah
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2024-10-12T10:30:03.987Z
It looks like the tattoo was applied as its mirror image too. It is more common than I thought, as to someone who does not know Chinese, they consider some chinesee characters to be symmetrical, but it is rarely the case.
Yu Zhang
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2024-10-14T02:56:38.827Z
I went from what I saw on the wall at the tattoo shop, got this tattoo long ago before the internet and goggle. I did meet a guy at work a while back who did say that yes it could mean heaven but I never asked the guy what language it was in, now that I google it I see many similar symbols but nothing exactly like what I have, which is why I came on here
Ronnie
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not sure this is chinese, can anyone tell me what it means? I was told it is a symbol for heaven
# not sure this is chinese, can anyone tell me what it means? I was told it is a symbol for heaven

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-10-11)

can you tell me what this means and what language it is?[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/9QHCGt6K.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/9QHCGt6K.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, traditional-characters, names, literary-chinese, middle-chinese

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: How old are you? :)  
> **username_2**: Judging from the skin tone, and doing a tattoo without knowing the language, he is quite young?, at least at the time the tattoo was done?  
> **username_3**: It looks like the tattoo was applied as its mirror image too. It is more common than I thought, as to someone who does not know Chinese, they consider some chinesee characters to be symmetrical, but it is rarely the case.  
> **username_0**: I went from what I saw on the wall at the tattoo shop, got this tattoo long ago before the internet and goggle. I did meet a guy at work a while back who did say that yes it could mean heaven but I never asked the guy what language it was in, now that I google it I see many similar symbols but nothing exactly like what I have, which is why I came on here  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2024-10-11. Score: 2 | Accepted answer

It should be "天" - sky; heaven; god. Unfortunately, the tattoo artist made it like "夭" - die young.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/yIoojV0w.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/yIoojV0w.png) [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/LRK5G1td.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/LRK5G1td.png)

Note, before getting upset and arguing with the tattoo artist, depending on the word paired with it in a compound word, the word "夭" can also mean - young; be delicate and charming; tender and beautiful. (夭娇; 夭妍; 夭桃; 夭饶; 夭冶)

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: We need to know the words on top to know what it really is? It looks a lot like  "夭"?  
> **username_0**: The words above are my cousins name who died and I had the symbol for heaven or what I thought was tattooed below his name  
> **username_2**: Sorry for your loss. Now it probably make sense as your cousin died "young"?, and so it could be  "夭" , (youthful passing), or "天", (in Heaven)  Perhaps the Tattoo master really knew what he was doing, assuming you explained the sad situation to him?  
> **username_0**: thank you, I had not thought of that, maybe he did change it to better suit my situation  
> **username_4**: Maybe give username_2 an uptick in rewarding his relentless pursuit and uncover this mystery :)  
> **username_0**: what is an uptick?  
> **username_4**: Click on the triangle in front of the commenting line, it will turn blue to indicate your acceptance and appreciation of the content.  
> **username_0**: I did that but it says I need 15 reputation to cast a vote but my feedback was taken. I said thank you in my reply to him, thank you.  
> **username_4**: You are welcome. I forgot the minimum points requirement.  

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