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Thanks for the reply. 'Friend' is kind of cool. Which sign is it? The top one or the bottom? Can't the signs have multiple meanings?It can be read as "rora", but "ryora" is more common. Also, the meaning is "friend + sea snail/turban shell or screw-like shape".
So I think this is the snail you mention (the originals I posted are calligraphic I think).
This means small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk according to the website I found it on. So saying it means 'small' isn't too far off, right?
The upper one, as you guessed.Which sign is it?
As for those two kanji, no.Can't the signs have multiple meanings?
What you are saying is just like "Mouse" means "little rat", so it must be able to mean "little". The lower kanji doesn't refer to only small spiral shells, in the first place.This means small, edible, helical fresh-water mollusk according to the website I found it on. So saying it means 'small' isn't too far off, right?
Japanese culture: Kanji used for names:ro soundsWhere did you get the reading of the upper kanji "ro"? It doesn't have such reading.
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The reading "ra" for the lower kanji indeed exists, but it's used only in a specific compound word 野良 "nora". The most common reading is "ryō".
Because I want something special.
What would you suggest?
Because I want it to read out as 'Laura' and have a special meaning.
To me a tattoo needs to have a story behind it and kanji has a deeper meaning/story. But it isn't working out. What I don't get is that I find things on different websites which are wrong according to the people here :-( Yes, I know nothing about Kanji but that's why I asked help. I wanted Kanji signs that spell her name (Laura) and mean something (Little young girl or little friend or something nice). I guess I have to forget it and find something else I'm happy with.
I would recommend you just get the name "Laura" with a picture or design around it that represents the meaning that you want.
Why not a lioness while you're at it?I'm going for a lion (her starsign) representing courage and power which she will need growing up in this world.
The reading "ra" for the lower kanji indeed exists, but it's used only in a specific compound word 野良 "nora". The most common reading is "ryō".
Plus, 曽良 Sora ; a famous pupil of 松尾芭蕉, 吉良上野介 Kira Kōzuke no suke ; the villain in 忠臣蔵, or 富良野市 Furano City, Hokkaido, etc. etc., if we can count proper nouns.