For tattoos

Chinese characters for tattoos

Before you get it inked, get it right. Made by someone who reads Chinese — what the character actually means, whether it holds up at small size, and whether a Japanese reader will see it as Japanese.

Not planning a tattoo? It still works as a plain lookup — 1000 concepts, free transparent PNG.

What this does for your tattoo

It tells you when the character is wrong

The character that translates your word is often not the one a Chinese reader would choose. Every page says so, before you take it into a studio.

Traditional or simplified?

You get both, side by side, and a plain account of what the difference is. You pick knowing, instead of getting whichever form a translator happened to hand you.

One character, eight ways to write it

Seal, regular, running, brush, cursive and three printed faces — eight separate licensed typefaces, not a system font pretending to be calligraphy. Pick the one you want on your skin.

A file to give your artist

A transparent PNG in the script and layout you picked — the characters on their own, no grid lines. Free and without an account. Most tools in this space leave it on the screen.

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