唐から手て

Japanese

Kanji in this term
唐とう	手て
から Grade: S	て Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from Okinawan 唐から手て(とーでぃー) (tōdī), compound of 唐とう (kara, “Tang Dynasty; China”) +‎ 手て (te, “hand”), as the art was originally transmitted from China to Okinawa, and thence to mainland Japan.

Noun

唐とう(から)手て(て) • (karate) 

1. Alternative spelling of 空手からて

Okinawan

Etymology

Kanji in this term
唐とう	手て
とー Grade: S	てぃー > でぃー Grade: 1
on’yomi	kun’yomi

Compound of 唐とう (Tō, “Tang Dynasty; China”) +‎ 手て (tī, “hand”), as the art was originally transmitted from China to Okinawa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [toːdʲiː]

Noun

唐とう(とー)手て(でぃー) (tōdī) 

1. karate

Descendants

Descendants

• → Japanese: 空手からて, 唐から手て
  • → Afrikaans: karate
  • → Arabic: كَارَاتِيه m (karātē), كَارَاطِي (kārāṭī)
  • → Chinese: 空手からて道どう
    • → Mandarin: 空手からて道どう (kōngshǒudào)
    • → Cantonese: 空手からて道どう (hung¹ sau² dou⁶)
    • → Hokkien: 空手からて道どう (khong-chhiú-tō)
    • → Korean: 공수도 (gongsudo)
    • → Vietnamese: không thủ đạo
  • → Czech: karate n
  • → Danish: karate c
  • → Dutch: karate n or m
  • → English: karate
  • → Finnish: karate
  • → French: karaté m
  • → German: Karate n
  • → Icelandic: karate n
  • → Indonesian: karate
  • → Italian: karatè m
  • → Latvian: karatē m
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: karate m
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: karate m
  • → Polish: karate n
  • → Portuguese: karaté m, caraté
  • → Romanian: karate n
  • → Serbo-Croatian: karate m
  • → Spanish: karate m, kárate
  • → Swahili: karate
  • → Swedish: karate c
  • → Tagalog: karate
  • → Vietnamese: không thủ