15 Chinese and Japanese-speaking social media users revealed the true meaning of some tattoos

I’m not Chinese or Japanese, but I have a tattoo. It is supposed to mean “brave”, but a friend who studied Mandarin at university said it means “little cake”. © thelionintheheart

Many women have “女” tattooed on them. For some reason, they think that having the word “woman” written in Japanese adds some kind of mystical feminine power, when in fact, people usually associate the symbol with a bathroom door. © Sidneyfigtree

I’m a translator, so I’ve seen a lot of good things: I saw a metalhead who thought he had “rock and roll” in Japanese tattooed on his arm. Turns out it was “岩滑り”, which means rock slide/ avalanche, like a natural disaster. © popebarley

I’m learning Japanese and one day I saw someone saying that he had a very deep and meaningful tattoo on his wrist. She was in katakana, which I can read, so I looked closely at her as I passed by. It was “ケロ”, like kero🇧🇷 It’s the sound frogs make. © Silently-Fangirling

It’s not my story, it’s a friend’s: she could read kanji and one day, when she was in a class, she saw another girl’s tattoo for the first time. Confused, she asked, “What does your tattoo say?” “Big Princess” Turns out, it actually said “pig princess” © whereegosdare84