Chinese Tattoo Expert

Chinese Tattoo Expert

Type a name, a word, or a phrase. Characters are suggested with AI help. Duane, a native Chinese speaker and lifelong calligrapher, checks and corrects every one before anyone receives them.

You get a stencil your artist can edit, and a meaning note in plain English. The lettering he checks is regular script, in the 欧体 style he has practiced since childhood.

Duane writing Chinese calligraphy with a brush

Duane grew up in China and has practiced 欧体 calligraphy since childhood. He started this because too many tattoos end up wrong, meaningless, or unintentionally funny, and one check by a calligrapher could easily have avoided that. If you describe the feeling you want, he may suggest a better word or a classic phrase when a request reaches him.

Request a check

Type a name, a word, or a phrase. Email is not connected yet. Submitting this form does not reach Duane, and the site does not store what you type.

When Duane reviews a request, he reads this. He may suggest a better word or a classic phrase, and a short note on why. Submitting this form does not start that review, because email is not connected.

Which script do you prefer?

Nothing is emailed. The button only checks that the form is filled in.

Readings Duane approved

A personal name does not get its own page. Names are not dictionary words. Use the form and say what you want the name to express.

What this site does

You type a name, a word, or a phrase. Characters are suggested with AI help. Then Duane, a native Chinese speaker and lifelong calligrapher, checks and corrects every one before anyone receives a stencil and a meaning note.

What this site does not do

It does not tattoo you, and it does not promise how the ink will look on skin. It does not send a character out until Duane has checked it. It does not take payment or open accounts. A suggestion on a meaning page is not an approval.