Tattoo showing the character "平" which is one of the two character in words such as "peace" (和平) but which by itself can mean "flat" , "level", "calm", "equal" or "average"; when used in bargaining slang, it can also mean "cheap".

Tattoo (phonetic transcription of the name Andy) showing the Chinese characters 安 ān, "peace" and 迪 dí, "advance"

Chinese character tattoos or kanji tattoos are tattoos consisting of Chinese characters (hanzi or kanji).

To people who are attracted to Chinese characters and are thinking of getting one, some careful steps must be taken. There have been cases where tattoo artists have been caught writing foul or silly slogans, inaccurately-translated characters, or pseudo-Chinese gibberish on their clients, who are unaware of the actual meaning of the Chinese characters.