Jungkook keeps getting more and more tattoos, so we’re not even sure that we know of all of them. He has several hand tattoos, including the word “ARMY” across his knuckles for the BTS fan base. He also has a “J” over the “M” of “ARMY,” and fans have concluded that this tattoo has more than one meaning. The “A” in “ARMY” is an upside-down “V,” making all these letters add up to the names of the members of the group. “V” for V, “RM” for RM, “Y” for Yoongi (Suga), and the “J” for Jin, J-Hope, and Jimin. He also has plus signs between the letters and a heart on the same hand. All together, these seem like a lovely tribute to the band.
This hand also has the ARMY logo, which is similar to the BTS logo, and a crown tattoo on another finger. On his thumb, he has “0613,” which fans think means June 13, when BTS debuted in 2013. That hand (the middle finger to be exact) also has a woozy face emoji on it.
Jungkook’s other tattoos are a little more of a mystery because they’re up his arms and shoulders. On his right arm, he has a tattoo that reportedly says, in part, “Rather be dead than cool,” which he’s proclaimed is his life motto. He also has a skeleton-hand tattoo, as well as another tattoo on his shoulder that was peeking out in the “On” video. Fans surmise that it’s the landmass of Korea expressed as a tiger: an animal that plays a strong role in Korean culture and tradition. The “On” video also revealed three black stripes on that arm (the first part of the Korean National flag), as well as a tiger lily — the birth flower of his birthday month (September). There’s wording underneath the tiger lily that reads, “Please love me.”
Jungkook has more words tattooed on this arm, though they’re hard to decipher in the small glimpses we’ve seen. Some fans believe one on his inner arm says “Truth,” which his K-pop artist friends, Mark and Yugyeom, have in the same location. He also seems to have recently gotten a red eye tattooed on this arm, as well as the phrase “the most beautiful moment in life” in Chinese characters.