my husband of 12 years has this tattoo on his chest. He got it when he was a teen. He thought it meant danger but it looks different then anything we've seen online. Can someone please tell us what this means??
Thank you 
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Your husband is dangerous? 三合会的?– PedroskiCommented Nov 23, 2023 at 6:45
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the character is 坎 u+574e
the name of the trigram ☵, which represents water
ar the same time, it’s also the name of hexagram ䷜, which symbolises “numerous dangers” (象重重險難之義)
https://dict.revised.moe.edu.tw/dictView.jsp?ID=4519&q=1&word=坎
for more, you need to read “the book of change” (易經) lah 😸
have fun :)
btw, how come a teen can get a tattoo?
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some places allow teenagers to get tattoos, with parental permission in the usa. Although I think this is probably a case of the tattoo artist not checking to make sure it was an adult/ it being an older time period when no one cared about it as strictly.– zagrychaCommented Nov 23, 2023 at 4:39
坎 can mean dangers, obstacles, or hurdles.
坎 is very often combined with 坷 to form the term 坎坷. 生命坎坷 is "a life with many obstacles," or simply "a tough life." 前景坎坷 is "the future has many obstacles."
