Question by brunettes_are_super: What is the difference between the two chinese symbols for strength?
I want to get a tattoo of the chinese symbol for strength but everytime I google it or look it up on the internet I get 2 different symbols. One has two characters in it and the other one only has one. Its difficult to explain, but if anybody can help me out please let me know.
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Answer by longliveabcdefg
Each Chinese character, aka hanzi, is a logogram which started out as a drawing. Each character has a meaning. I think the single character you saw is 力，2 together could be 力量, both means the same. Separately 力 is strength, 量 is quantity. Just think of each character being a root in the English language, so phone and telephone both mean the same thing.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logogram
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Yeah, the Chinese character which use as describe strength is 力 and 力量
They both mean the same,
I’d say “力” instead of “量”.
力量 = 力, “量” itself does not mean “strength”, it is a general measurement of quality.