Words that come from Middle Chinese “とう”

46 words across 23 languages descend from Middle Chinese とう — including karate, karateist, karatelike, 空手, 唐手, 塔, karate, karate.

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Japanese (12)

English (6)

Afrikaans (5)

Russian (2)

Serbo-Croatian (2)

Indonesian (2)

Danish (1)

Icelandic (1)

Polish (1)

French (1)

Italian (1)

Bulgarian (1)

Macedonian (1)

Arabic (1)

Korean (1)

Portuguese (1)

Persian (1)

Thai (1)

German (1)

Finnish (1)

Spanish (1)

Norwegian Bokmål (1)

Norwegian Nynorsk (1)