Karate

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Japanese, from kara ‘empty’ + te ‘hand’.

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Borrowed from Japanese 空(から)手(て)(karate), from 唐(から)手(て)(karate), from Okinawan 唐手(tūdī, “Chinese hand”).

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karate (n.)

system of unarmed combat using hands and feet, 1947, Japanese, literally "empty hand, bare hand," from kara "empty" + te "hand." As a verb from 1963. A devotee is a karateka. Karate-chop (n.) is attested from 1964.