空手道

kōngshǒudào

noun

Meanings

Tā cóngxiǎo jiù xué kōngshǒudào.

He has trained karate since childhood.

Kōngshǒudào zài èr líng èr líng nián Dōngjīng Àoyùnhuì shǒucì chéngwéi zhèngshì xiàngmù.

Karate became an official sport at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics for the first time.

culture

空手道 is the direct Sino-Japanese calque of Japanese 空手道 (karate-dō), 'the way of the empty hand'. The name reflects weaponless fighting.

空 kōng

手 shǒu

道 dào