For those of you interested in Chinese tattoos...

[tatsujin]

http://www.hanzismatter.com/

A few of my friends have gotten stung by tattoo artists not knowing their characters, any strange stories from anyone else?

[Taro Toporific]

http://www.hanzismatter.com/

A few of my friends have gotten stung by tattoo artists not knowing their characters, any strange stories from anyone else?

Sure.
[quote="What's the opposite of Engrish? thread"]KANJI TATTOOS overseas, of course, are the inverse of EngRish.

KARURI (light) is the favorite Kanji tattoo I've seen on a blond bimbo's ankle.

She told me it's meant 'lightness/freedom'. I told her it meant 'slut'.

She giggled. I giggled. We wiggled. Nuf' said ]


Here's a few more favorite FG threads on that topic:
Bad kanji tattoos
Japanese Tattoos
Sluttoo
Tattoos don't always mean what their wearers think
tatoos and job at office ?
TATTOO
Your Name In Japanese (Maybe)