Chinese languages

I'm thinking of getting a small tattoo with the symbol for "dragon", however, when I search the internet, i come across two different symbols. And both seem to be called "long2" in pinyin. Can anyone tell me the difference between the two symbols in these two links...

we'll call the first one symbol 'A'...
http://chineseculture.about.com/library ... dragon.htm

and the second one symbol 'B'
http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/c ... ymbol.html

thanks in advance...

D.

d4zza wrote:I'm thinking of getting a small tattoo with the symbol for "dragon", however, when I search the internet, i come across two different symbols. And both seem to be called "long2" in pinyin. Can anyone tell me the difference between the two symbols in these two links...

we'll call the first one symbol 'A'...
http://chineseculture.about.com/library ... dragon.htm

and the second one symbol 'B'
http://www.living-chinese-symbols.com/c ... ymbol.html

thanks in advance...

D.

Symbol A is simplified Chinese used in mainland China

Symbol B is traditional Chinese used outside mainland China (Hong Kong, Taiwan, chinatowns, etc.)