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The literal meaning of 空手道 is “empty hand method” or “empty hand way.”
It is acknowledged that karate originated in China but migrated to Japan, where it was refined and became widely popular.
Karate is a martial art that uses no blades or weapons other than the “natural weapons” God gave to humans (fists and feet). The last character somehow became optional, but the meaning of that character is “method” or “the way” as in Taoism / Daoism.
Karate-Do reached Korea, where it is known as 공수도 which can be romanized as “Kong Soo Do” or “Gong Su Do.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Blades search...
| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
刃 see styles |
rèn ren4 jen jinji じんじ |
edge of blade (1) blade; sword; (2) (See 刃文・はもん) forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; (3) sharpness; (4) (rare) (See 籾) unhulled rice; (personal name) Jinji A blade, a sword; to kill. |
口 see styles |
kǒu kou3 k`ou kou kuchi くち |
mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls (1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く・1) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) (See 働き口) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる・1) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money) and stove burners; (suf,ctr) (13) (often read ふり in museum, etc. contexts) (See 振り・ふり・8) counter for swords, blades, etc.; (surname) Hamanoguchi mukha, the mouth, especially as the organ of speech. 身, 口, 意 are the three media of corruption, body or deed , mouth or word, and mind or thought. |
柄 see styles |
bǐng bing3 ping fukumasu ふくます |
handle or shaft (of an axe etc); (of a flower, leaf or fruit) stem; something that affords an advantage to an opponent; classifier for knives or blades hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip; (personal name) Fukumasu A handle; authority, power. |
鎌 镰 see styles |
lián lian2 lien kama かま |
variant of 鐮|镰[lian2] (1) sickle; (2) (See 鎌をかける・かまをかける) leading question; trick question; (3) (abbreviation) (See 鎖鎌) sickle-and-chain (weapon); (4) (abbreviation) (See 鎌槍) spear with curved cross-blades; (5) (abbreviation) (See 鎌継) gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (6) (archaism) noisiness; (7) (kana only) part of a fish around the gills; (personal name) Ren A sickle. 鎌子. |
冰刀 see styles |
bīng dāo bing1 dao1 ping tao |
ice skates; ice skate blades |
磨快 see styles |
mó kuài mo2 kuai4 mo k`uai mo kuai |
to sharpen; to grind (knife blades) |
肩高 see styles |
kenkou / kenko けんこう |
withers (height from ground to shoulder blades in animals) |
草葉 草叶 see styles |
cǎo shě cao3 she3 ts`ao she tsao she kusaba くさば |
blades of grass; (surname) Kusaba grasses and leaves |
鎌槍 see styles |
kamayari かまやり |
spear with curved or straight cross-blades |
髆間 see styles |
bó jiān bo2 jian1 po chien |
space between the shoulder blades |
大身槍 see styles |
oomiyari おおみやり |
ōmi yari; long-bladed spear (blades 60cm or more) |
溜冰鞋 see styles |
liū bīng xié liu1 bing1 xie2 liu ping hsieh |
skating shoes; ice skates; roller skates; roller blades |
ブラデス see styles |
buradesu ブラデス |
(personal name) Blades |
フレース see styles |
bureesu ブレース |
brace; (personal name) Blades; Blaise |
精密陶瓷 see styles |
jīng mì táo cí jing1 mi4 tao2 ci2 ching mi t`ao tz`u ching mi tao tzu |
fine ceramics (used for dental implants, synthetic bones, electronics, knife blades etc); advanced ceramics; engineered ceramics |
ノーフェザー see styles |
noofezaa / noofeza ノーフェザー |
rowing with square blades (wasei: no feather); rowing without feathering the oars |
下駄スケート see styles |
getasukeeto げたスケート |
geta with skating blades; skates made from geta |
ノー・フェザー |
noo fezaa / noo feza ノー・フェザー |
rowing with square blades (wasei: no feather); rowing without feathering the oars |
Variations: |
furi ふり |
(n,ctr) (1) swing; shake; wave; swinging; (2) (kana only) appearance; behaviour; (3) (kana only) (oft. after a noun+の or verb in the dictionary form) (See 振りをする) pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to); (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) (kana only) going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction; (5) move (dance); postures; (6) (kana only) (oft. as フリ) (See 前振り・2) lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; (7) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; (suf,ctr) (8) counter for swords, blades, etc.; (9) (archaism) not wearing underwear or pants |
Variations: |
furi(p); furi(sk) ふり(P); フリ(sk) |
(n,ctr) (1) swing; shake; sweep; wave; wag; (2) (kana only) appearance; behaviour; behavior; (3) (kana only) (See ふりをする) pretence; pretense; (false) show; pretending; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (4) (kana only) (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction; (5) postures (of a dance); (6) (kana only) (usu. written as フリ in comedy contexts) (See 前振り・2) lead in (to a joke, question, etc.); setup; (7) unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; (counter) (8) (See 口・くち・13) counter for swords, blades, etc. |
Variations: |
moto もと |
(1) (usu. 元) origin; source; (2) (esp. 基) base; basis; foundation; root; (3) (also 因, 原) cause; (4) (esp. 素) ingredient; material; base; mix; stock; (5) (元 only) (someone's) side; (someone's) location; (6) original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (7) (plant) root; (tree) trunk; (8) (See 和歌) first section of a waka; (counter) (9) (本 only) counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); (10) handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip |
Variations: |
noofezaa; noo fezaa / noofeza; noo feza ノーフェザー; ノー・フェザー |
rowing with square blades (wasei: no feather); rowing without feathering the oars |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Blades | 布萊茲 布莱兹 | bù lái zī bu4 lai2 zi1 bu lai zi bulaizi | pu lai tzu pulaitzu |
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| Blades | ブレイズ | bureizu | ||
| Karate-Do | 空手道 | kara te dou karatedou kara te do | kōng shǒu dào kong1 shou3 dao4 kong shou dao kongshoudao | k`ung shou tao kungshoutao kung shou tao |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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