karate

martial art
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karate

Summary

karate is a type of sport[1]. karate ranks in the top 4% of type_of_sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,144 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • karate is the creator of Kanga Sakukawa[3].
  • karate is the creator of Matsumura Sōkon[4].
  • karate is the creator of Ankō Itosu[5].
  • karate is the creator of Arakaki Seishō[6].
  • karate is the creator of Higaonna Kanryō[7].
  • karate's video is recorded as Kihon for the 6th kyu test.ogv[8].
  • karate's image is recorded as WKF-Karate-World-Championships 2012 Paris 263.JPG[9].
  • karate's instance of is recorded as type of sport[10].
  • karate's GND ID is recorded as 4029630-1[11].
  • karate's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85071611[12].
  • karate's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119468877[13].
  • karate's subclass of is recorded as martial arts[14].
  • karate's subclass of is recorded as Olympic sport[15].
  • karate's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00565037[16].
  • karate's Commons category is recorded as Karate[17].
  • karate's pronunciation audio is recorded as LL-Q150 (fra)-Opsylac-karaté.wav[18].
  • karate's Unicode character is recorded as 🥋[19].
  • karate's country of origin is recorded as Ryukyu Kingdom[20].
  • karate's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 11463[21].
  • karate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/048dz[22].
  • karate's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph135646[23].
  • karate's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Karate[24].
  • karate's Commons gallery is recorded as Karate[25].
  • karate's Dewey Decimal Classification is recorded as 796.8153[26].
  • karate's PSH ID is recorded as 10031[27].

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Works and Contributions

Created works include Kanga Sakukawa[3], a karateka[28], 1786–1867[29], of Japan[30]; Matsumura Sōkon[4], a karateka[31], 1809–1899[32], of Japan[33]; Ankō Itosu[5], a karateka[34], 1831–1915[35], of Japan[36]; Arakaki Seishō[6], a linguist[37], 1840–1918[38], of Japan[39]; and Higaonna Kanryō[7], a karateka[40], 1853–1916[41], of Ryukyu Kingdom[42].

Why It Matters

karate ranks in the top 4% of type_of_sport entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,144 views/month).[2] karate has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] karate is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] . wikidata.org.
  3. [10] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . thes.bncf.firenze.sbn.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . lingualibre.fr. lingualibre.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Nuovo soggettario. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Nuovo soggettario. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  13. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  14. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  15. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · DanGFSouza · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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