空手 (karate) literally means empty-handed in Japanese (referring to hand-to-hand combat). I'm not too sure of any other sports that have a meaning of 'empty' in Japanese.空 (kara) - empty手 (te) - hand
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Karate literally means "empty hand" (kara=empty, te=hand)
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The word karate is a Japanese word for the particular Martial Arts style. The word karate means "empty hand" (kara empty, te hand) and was earlier known simply as "hand" or "Chinese hand" after it was developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom (Okinawa).
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There is no one German word to mean both empty and hand.The German translation for hand is HandThe German translation for empty is leer
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The two kanji that make up karate can be translated as empty hand. Te is the word for hand. Kara can be translated as China, as much of the art came from there, or as empty.
neither it is the study of martial tecnique through katas, sparring, drills etc, however the school, instructer, style etc. conducts it. Karate means empty hand.