<p>That might be a rendering of 忠 zhong1, meaning ‘faithful, loyal, honest’.  This character consists of two parts, the radical 心 ‘heart’ and a phonetic element 中.  It seems that the writer has allowed the radical to snake up over the top in an unorthodox way.  That’s my guess anyway.</p>

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2014-03-22T02:23:56.073Z
Good call. I was gonna say 史+J
Mou某
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2014-03-21T12:48:07.190Z
2014-03-21T12:48:07.190Z
neubau
<p>This means faithful of course. However the meaning one wants to express by writing this on his body (I bet you see this in tattoos) means "I'm a tough guy and I'm in a gang".</p>

<p>That's because loyalty has been regarded to be the most important virtue of gangsters. So a troop wrote this symbol on the body is a good one.</p>

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2014-03-21T14:20:39.387Z
That didn't occur to me - hopefully the OP will fill us in about context!
neubau
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2014-03-21T15:25:01.060Z
@user2619 LOL, yes, sometime it means gangster style!
Ave Maleficum
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2014-03-21T14:03:03.200Z
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SolessChong
<p>It most resembles zhōng (see image below) however, a better rendering or a picture of the typed character is needed to be sure.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/JWD8B.png" alt="zhong"></p>

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2014-03-21T17:10:19.903Z
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Tommie C.
<p>It means loyalty. And we often relate 忠 to 关二爷(Guan Yu), so you can see 忠 in many tattoos.</p>

<p>One of the famous tattoos is perhaps Allen Iverson's.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ivCh3.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2014-03-22T01:12:26.043Z
2014-03-22T01:12:26.043Z
Ave Maleficum
<p>I am tired of searching and not finding any result. Please help me translate this symbol.</p>

<p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/LJje9.png" alt="Chinese symbol"></p>

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2014-03-21T11:38:42.397Z
Can you provide a photo or at least some context?
Stan
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2014-03-22T01:04:39.793Z
Close vote - Questions  are off-topic unless prior research effort is clearly indicated
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What does this Chinese symbol mean?
# What does this Chinese symbol mean?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-03-21)

I am tired of searching and not finding any result. Please help me translate this symbol.

![Chinese symbol](https://i.sstatic.net/LJje9.png)

**Tags:** translation, simplified-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Can you provide a photo or at least some context?  
> **username_2**: Close vote - Questions  are off-topic unless prior research effort is clearly indicated  

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## 4 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2014-03-21. Score: 4

That might be a rendering of 忠 zhong1, meaning ‘faithful, loyal, honest’. This character consists of two parts, the radical 心 ‘heart’ and a phonetic element 中. It seems that the writer has allowed the radical to snake up over the top in an unorthodox way. That’s my guess anyway.

> **Comments:**
> **username_4**: Good call. I was gonna say 史+J  

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### Answer by username_5 on 2014-03-21. Score: 3

This means faithful of course. However the meaning one wants to express by writing this on his body (I bet you see this in tattoos) means "I'm a tough guy and I'm in a gang".

That's because loyalty has been regarded to be the most important virtue of gangsters. So a troop wrote this symbol on the body is a good one.

> **Comments:**
> **username_3**: That didn't occur to me - hopefully the OP will fill us in about context!  
> **username_6**: @user2619 LOL, yes, sometime it means gangster style!  

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### Answer by username_7 on 2014-03-21. Score: 1

It most resembles zhōng (see image below) however, a better rendering or a picture of the typed character is needed to be sure.

![zhong](https://i.sstatic.net/JWD8B.png)


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### Answer by username_6 on 2014-03-22. Score: 1

It means loyalty. And we often relate 忠 to 关二爷(Guan Yu), so you can see 忠 in many tattoos.

One of the famous tattoos is perhaps Allen Iverson's.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ivCh3.jpg)


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