How to Understand Japanese Calligraphy Symbols Video Lecture | Tattoos, Piercings and Other Body Art: Basic Knowledge - Professional Skills

how to understand Japanese calligraphy
symbols if you've ever wondered if that
tattoo artist lied to you this guide
will help set the record straight you
will need patience analysis the foreign
language class and a Japanese to English
dictionary step 1 understand that
Japanese calligraphy symbols or kanji
are simply basic representations of
everyday objects essentially they are
pictographs remember that although
japanese kanji and mandarin chinese
symbols are similar the translations are
often vastly different step 2 focus on
the larger parts of a character rather
than the smaller strokes or dots these
carry more meaning step 3
look for familiar objects in nature such
as the kanji for mountain with three
vertical lines or the kanji for Sun a
box with one horizontal line step 4
separate the whole character into parts
this can mean breaking the top and
bottom apart or separating multiple
characters two or more symbols can be
smashed together to form a single word
the kanji for big and school are
combined to form college step 5
take a class and buy a dictionary a
little studying can help you understand
more than you think did you know there
are an estimated 1.2 million people of
Japanese descent living in the United
States