No. It is Japanese.
No, karate is an Okinawan word for a martial art that has spread throughout the world.
European Karate Federation was created in 1963.
Karate is a Japanese word.
karāti is the Maori word for karate. It also means garage.
There really is no equivalent word for karate. Many will use the style of karate, such as Shidokan or Shotokan or Isshinryu, but that is a sub-set of karate rather than saying the same thing. And karate is a sub-set of martial arts, so that is not the same.
Karate literally means empty hand in Japanese.
Karate is a word from Okinawa. It is now a part of Japan, but at the time was an independent kingdom.
Karate is an Okinawa/Japanese word that is used as is to name the art in other countries. The Germans call it karate, as to almost all other countries.
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There are two symbols that make up the word karate. Te is translated as hand. The character Kara can be translated in two ways, either empty or China. In the 1930's the Okinawa masters gathered and agreed that they would use the word empty for the art.
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