空手 Karate

Meaning

Primary

Karate

Word Type

noun

Explanation

What can you do with empty hands? Karate, that's what. Karate is practiced without weapons, so with empty hands!

Reading

からて

Explanation

This word uses the kun'yomi of both kanji, and you haven't learned this kun'yomi for 空 yet. As long as you know the meaning, the reading should be easy, but here's a mnemonic to help you just in case:

Karate comes from (から) Japan!

Context

Common Word Combinations

• 空手の〜

  空手の先生

  karate teacher

  空手のレッスン

  karate lesson

  空手の教室

  karate school

• 空手を〜

  空手をする

  to do karate

  空手を教える

  to teach karate

  空手をならう

  to learn karate

Context Sentences

こちらは私の空手の先生、ジェフ先生です。

This is my karate teacher, Jeff-sensei.

大学でも空手をやりたいと思ってます。

I want to do karate at university too.

近くのスポーツセンターに、新しく空手の道場ができたそうですよ。

There's apparently a new karate dojo at the nearby sports center.

Kanji Composition

1. 空

   くう Sky
2. 手

   て Hand