空手 kōng shǒu

empty-handed; unarmed

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 6480th word

Definitions

  1. 1. empty-handed
  2. 2. unarmed
  3. 3. (abbr. for 空手道kōng shǒu dào) karate
  4. 4. (painting, embroidery etc) without following a model

Characters

Character Meaning
空 kōng HSK 3
empty; sky; air
手 shǒu HSK 2
hand; personal(ly); person engaged in certain types of work