Chinese symbols tattto

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FALLENANGEL

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 9:45 PM

I'm thinkning of getting a tattoo of a chinese symbol and the pics that I found, the symbols go side to side but some go straight down. Which is the right way??

By the by this probably been asked so many times but what's the serenity chinese symbol?

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HELL'S KITTEN

Wednesday, May 11, 2005 11:24 PM

Chinese can be written in either direction, depending on aesthetics or logistics.

"Serenity" can be written many different ways. (Consider how many ways in English there are of saying serene - tranquil, peaceful, calm, etc.) Currently, there are two "official" logos. The first is the original logo from the series: 平静 is pronounced ping2jing4

The second is the newest logo from the movie: 宁静 is pronounced ning2jing4

There's also the much older 祇 (pronounced qi2), but I think that's rarely used.

For tattoos, make sure you get inked by someone experienced in Chinese writing; otherwise, you could end up with "virulent oyster" instead of "serenity" tattooed on ya.

Cheers.

无党派人士

FALLENANGEL

Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:56 AM

Ack!! I found a website that show pics of words and the pronounations and the symbol for serenity is different than on the series and movie!! ACK!

Here's the link to the pic.
http://www.formosa-translation.com/chinese/s/sz71.html

Now, which one is the right one??

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HELL'S KITTEN

Thursday, May 12, 2005 11:32 AM

As I said, there are many different ways of writing the word, dear. Which you get is entirely dependent upon what it is you're after. If you want "Serenity" from Firefly or the movie, then use the ones I posted previously because those are the official logos. Otherwise, it really doesn't matter which you get, since it can all mean the same thing.

无党派人士

LITHI

Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:54 PM

Ann Ning, the one you found describes the state of being in serenity.

Ping Jing and ning jing are used more like adjetives in a sentence structure.

If it's tatoo, I'd say just get the "Jing" character alone. It adequately express calm/silence/serene by itself. And it's a very pretty character.

Lithi@EstateSerenity.net

FALLENANGEL

Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:36 PM

Thanks you guys for your help! 'Preaciate very much.!

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KEWLHIPPIECHICK

Thursday, September 7, 2006 11:00 PM

Is it just me? I can see no links to any of the Serenity symbols talked about here.
I also want a tatto of Serenity. Can you folks link pics for the ones you're desribing? Or am I just too gorram stupid to see links that you've already posted!

ACK!

Thanks!

~Aim to misbehave~

FFYING2

Saturday, September 16, 2006 4:53 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by kewlhippiechick:
Is it just me? I can see no links to any of the Serenity symbols talked about here.
I also want a tatto of Serenity. Can you folks link pics for the ones you're desribing?

DQBABY76

Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:26 PM

wow... i had no idea how many differences there were. i wanted those symbols as my tattoo but i might have to do some reconsidering. i dont want to end up like Britney Spears and have a tattoo that means something entirely different.

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KEWLHIPPIECHICK

Saturday, September 16, 2006 9:52 PM

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!!

It's true! When a fellow Browncoat asks, others will reply!

Off to get that tat now!

~Aim to misbehave~

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