Translation for drumline tattoo

WVdrummer9 · Post by **WVdrummer9** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:13 am

Here at West Virginia University, our drumline has a tradition of getting a tattoo that means "drum". Years ago they had a guy from the great china buffet draw the chinese symbol for drum on a napkin and they have got it tattooed on many people. I've tried to find what it means to make sure it means drum before I get it tattooed on my body. Can somebody tell me what it really means?

duaaagiii · Post by **duaaagiii** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:10 pm

It is 锣, which is the simplified character for "gong" (its traditional version is 鑼).

"Drum" should be 鼓.

duaaagiii · Post by **duaaagiii** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:41 pm

If your drumline wants to redesign the logo, here's a Photoshop file I made with the character in vector format:

http://www.mediafire.com/?6bdjulhtjlz

Never trust the people at any place called "The Great China Buffet"...