kōng shǒu

空手 (kōng shǒu) is a Chinese word meaning “empty-handed; unarmed; (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model”.

Meanings

  1. 1empty-handed
  2. 2unarmed
  3. 3(painting, embroidery etc) without following a model
  4. 4(abbr. for 空手道[kong1 shou3 dao4]) karate

Characters in 空手

空kōng · empty手shǒu · hand

Related words

手hand凶手murderer选手athlete手术(surgical) operation手机cell phone; mobile phone杀手killer空empty空to empty分手to part company住手to desist手里in hand空间space; room

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