Tatto Art
Koi fish are a Japanese koi tattoo art is a symbol of masculinity. However, the Japanese koi tattoos have many symbolic meanings depending on what the koi is doing. In koi tattoos you will often see them combined with water, cherry blossoms or lotus flowers. And the perfect koi tattoo art would be of a golden koi changing into a dragon, just like a butterfly does.
And matched with the legend the koi is as lucky as a dragon. The koi fish tattoos with 5 golden koi stands for well being through our daily lives, and eternal wealth, 5 being a lucky number. In Buddhism it is believed that people are like the koi, swimming in an ocean of suffering all their lives, yet they continue striving forward until they die. In China there is a legend that describes a koi fish swimming up the Yellow River to a waterfall, and if it is at a place called the Dragon Gate, the koi may then jump over the fall and be transformed into a dragon. In the orient koi is a symbol of good luck.
However, koi can also mean selfish. It can also be translated as romantic love or a very passionate love affair. In the English Language the word "Koi" is translated as the word "love", or the feeling of love. Koi stands for courage, strength, determination, advancement, and perseverance. In the Orient koi are very revered, and are thought to have certain mystical abilities about them.
Koi is an oriental name for fish in the carp family.