Family in Chinese tattoo

A family in chinese tattoo is usually the character for home. Duane checked this reading. It is not a stencil made for you.

If you mean love, see Chinese symbol for love.

Characters

Simplified characters are the everyday writing in mainland China and Singapore. Traditional characters are used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, and in classic calligraphy, including 欧体.

For this word, the simplified and traditional forms look the same.

Stencil of 家
家jiā
Simplified and traditional look the same here.
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The picture is set in LXGW WenKai, an open regular-script font. It is not Duane's brush writing. You can download it as a stencil of this reading. For your own words or name, use the form.

Meaning

Family and home, the people and the household, in one character. 家庭 (jiā tíng) is the longer word for a household and is usually too much for a small tattoo.

Common mistakes

冢 (zhǒng) means tomb. The top is different. A rushed 家 can turn into it. That is a serious mistake.

Before you tattoo this

Say whether you mean your own household or the idea of family. A surname is not this character.

Want this in your own words or name? Tell Duane the meaning you're after.

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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.