Karate was originally written as Chinese hand in kanji. It was later changed to a homophone meaning empty hand (Kara=empty, Te=hand).The original use of "Chinese hand," "Tang hand," “Chinese fist,” or "Chinese techniques" reflects the documented Chinese influence on karate.Thus the word karate was originally a way of expressing "Chinese hand," or "martial art from China." The character Kara meaning Tang Dynasty (唐 から) was replaced with the character meaning empty (空 から) due to political reasons and was first documented in Karate Kumite,a book by Hanashiro Chōmo (1869–1945) published in August 1905 and established by Gichin Funakoshi "the father of modern Karate Do."
Dō is a suffix having numerous meanings including road, path, route, and way implying that these arts are not just fighting systems but contain spiritual elements when promoted as disciplines. dō is usually translated as "the way of." Thus karatedō is more than just empty hand techniques. It is The Way Of The Empty Hand.
Karate Do stands for :-
Jutsu ----------Japanese for Art
Seido ----------Japanese for Precision
Fuzei ----------Japanese for Elegance
And most importantly the techniques are founded upon Rika ---------Japanese for Science
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