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I played this game called Sleeping Dogs that I really loved! It took place in Hong Kong and the main character Wei Shen has this tattoo on his arm that I thought would be cool to have. After doing some research I was told this was Seal Script and was not commonly used among the Chinese people. I would like some help deciphering this please and thank you!

Tattoo worn by Wei Shen in Sleeping Dogs

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A picture of a cosplayer as well as another tattoo the character has which may add some context

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  • Errmm..maybe someone who has played the game would have better insight. From the characters I could decipher, I haven't been able to make a coherent phrase yet...
    – dROOOze
    Commented Mar 25, 2019 at 11:52
  • @droooze, come on, you can; read vertically :)
    – 水巷孑蠻
    Commented Mar 25, 2019 at 12:25
  • @MiguelBailon Is this the actual tattoo on his arm? Or is this some fan-art imitation?
    – dROOOze
    Commented Mar 25, 2019 at 12:43
  • This was pulled from the official website thats no longer there due too the game developers going out of business. I might add screenshots of his arm to the question, thanks for trying :). (By the way, the woman in the middle is his sister who passed away, maybe that will help?)
    – Miguel Bailon
    Commented Mar 26, 2019 at 9:49
  • @MiguelBailon ah okay. If I may venture a guess (before I see the tattoo on his arm): these characters are just for artistic flair, and don't actually say anything. Even from the characters identified, I can't find a coherent phrase that suggests the tattoo is saying something meaningful.
    – dROOOze
    Commented Mar 26, 2019 at 14:20

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Draft decipherment:

告鹿右Ｘ各　ＸＸＸ以金

瓜孔豕Ｘ亞　受Ｘ止而弟

豆Ｘ月勒子　Ｘ水東君者

　 - Uncertain characters

Ｘ - can't read

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Neither of the tattoos say something legible, in my opinion. The characters are for artistic flair.

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  • @水巷孑蠻 I don't think this text says anything....looks like nonsense
    – dROOOze
    Commented Mar 25, 2019 at 12:36
  • i agreed with your finding, and, can't grep any meaning from it :(
    – 水巷孑蠻
    Commented Mar 25, 2019 at 14:36
  • Tragic, thank you for taking the time to help!
    – Miguel Bailon
    Commented Mar 27, 2019 at 7:55
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at frist glance, the right part:

ｘｘｘｘｘ
ｘｘ之ｘ弟
ｘ水東君ｘ

i'm watching movie at this moment, would decipher the rest later:)

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