Chinese barely bear tattoos. for those who have, they draw pictures on their body.the reason why people have Chinese words as tattoos is that Chinese characters are hieroglyphs. they have aesthetic...
The American sense of the word came from Sailor Jerry. He made the first modern tattoo machine and is looked at as the father of tattoo's in America. He also has a rum named after him.
Tattoo is actually a combination of two words from the Polynesian language. The word "Tata" means to tap repeatedly by hand. The word "Au" means color. Due to the way that tattoos are traditionally...