Tattoos and Body Art

Help with Chinese symbols for tattoos, please?

Hi, my husband and I are planning to get Chinese symbols tattooed. He will get the Chinese symbol for “Hope” and I will get the symbol for “Star”. If anyone could please link me to pics of those symbols, it would be greatly appreciated. It would be even better if you could link me to a FEW sites that show me those are the correct symbols, just to be sure. Thanks a lot in advance.

Hope: 希望

http://www.nciku.com/search/zh/detail/%E5%B8%8C%E6%9C%9B/1316270

Star: 星星

http://www.nciku.com/search/en/detail/star/1712999

I hope this helps. I am perfectly sure these symbols are correct. If you do not believe me, insert these symbols ANYWHERE. I did not use English to Chinese translators.

我的名字是郑耀天。我从五岁开始学习中文。

If you would like me to translate something else please email me at: joshown@yahoo.com.

China tattoo design (dongdong)

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