Expert: John J - 7/29/2010

Question
Hi. I'm going to take a Chinese tattoo: Mother. I tried to find a photo of that in the Internet, but everyone was different than the other.. And I want to be sure my tattoo says mother :D So could you send me a photo of Chinese symbol of mother?

Greetings from Finland

Answer
Hi Anita,

Sorry for keep you waiting.

There are many ways to express mother in Chinese. If you need one character, it can be 妈 母. if you prefer two characters, it's 妈妈 or 母亲. Also, you may have been aware that there are Simplified Character and Traditional Character. SC is mainly used in Mainland China and Singapore while the latter is used in HongKong and Taiwan. SC has less strokes.

I dunno if you need a pic of the characters or not. If so, please email me: fall4her#gmail.com

Best,

John