Where does “唐手” come from?
唐手 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 空手, from Japanese 空, from Middle Chinese 空.
唐手 (Japanese): Alternative spelling of 空手
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of 空手
Ancestry of “唐手”, step by step
唐手 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Japanese 空手
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 空手 | karate; the state of being empty-handed; the... |
| 2 | Japanese | 空 | the sky; something empty; ineffectual |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 空 | — |
via Japanese 唐
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 唐 | foreign lands in general; element in compounds,... |
| 2 | Japanese | 伽羅 | the Gaya confederacy: a grouping of smaller states on the southern end of the Korean peninsula, roughly dating to 42-532 |
| 3 | Sanskrit | कालागुरु | — |