help with japanese character please

[ub3rphr34k]

my friend has this tattoo, its supposed to say ghost, but i really dont think it does. some asian people laughed at it a few weeks ago lol. like i said its in japanese, so could someone tell me what it says please?
http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3792/characterhl0.jpg

thanks very much if you can help

[bttr]

幻影-ghost

so they are wrong

And DON'T MAKE TWO THREADS FOR THIS ><

[茉莉ちゃん]

その漢字をみたことがない

[ub3rphr34k]

その漢字をみたことがない

its supposed to be a japanese character.
does this mean that its just an invalid character with no meaning?

[bttr]

その漢字をみたことがない

You should give what it means you baka


its supposed to be a japanese character.
does this mean that its just an invalid character with no meaning?

It means this
その漢字をみたことがない-The Chinese character has not been seen

[LavaBug]

could you actually provide a better drawing...?
since i'm most certain a kanji like this does not exist.
if it actually is like this, i would instantly say it's wrong...telling from the drawing alone...not even considering what it's supposed to mean.

and bttr: please do not insult people, thank you.

[tetekmakhang]

ive never seen that kanji before and it looks lopsided. kanjis always have this sort of balance to it. im pretty sure that you accidentally drew it wrong. y don't u take a pic of that tattoo? that way we can be sure that there will be no mistakes

[MistressPookyChan]

I typed "ghost" into the dictionary here: Jim Breen's (http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/wwwjdic.html)

And none of the kanji seem to match up. Maybe a pic of the actual kanji would help.

[unspun]

according to this website http://kanjidict.com/demo/9b3c.html
鬼 is ghost, also devil. it's similar to what you posted, maybe they just screwed it up.

[ub3rphr34k]

ill take a pic next time i see my friend in work, should be today or tomorrow, but im pretty sure its fairly accurate

[Ookiku_Furikabutte]

I don't know this kanji.
Maybe this kanji is not Japanese.

I think ghost is 幽霊(Yuurei).

[ub3rphr34k]

heres a pic of the tattoo, not much different from the drawing
http://img522.imageshack.us/img522/4150/dsc00033hr6.jpg

[unspun]

I still think what I said is correct. It looks like they were close, but messed up. Maybe (hopefully) I am wrong.

[bttr]

Should have just got a dragon -_-

[LavaBug]

looks like your friend got himself a really 'unique' tattoo there...
as for me, I cannot find a similar kanji or hanzi in neither my japanese nor my chinese dictionary.
To me it seems that either the tattooguy screwed it up royally or the symbol is made up.

[ub3rphr34k]

maybe it would make sense on its side or upside down? dunno, just trying to help you help me!

[unspun]

maybe it would make sense on its side or upside down? dunno, just trying to help you help me!

Look dude, you've pretty much gotten your answer.