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Karate in Japanese is which is read karate.

The Japanese word karate is composed of the kanji (read as "kara") meaning "empty" and (read as "te") meaning "hand". This version of the word literally translates to "empty hand". There is another common way to write karate which is Karate (China Hand). For more information refer to the Wikipedia article Karate.

Translations You Can Trust - We want you to be as happy with the translation for "Karate (Empty Hand)" as you are with Master Takase's beautiful art and so we have provided direct links to the completely independent dictionary Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary. To confirm the translation for yourself click on any of the links above or click on Karate (Empty Hand).

Different Fonts, Same Meaning Japanese Calligraphy has five major fonts and, as you can see, they can look quite different. However, the different fonts do not change the meaning because the kanji are exactly the same.

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