Word.ws English Dictionary

Tang Soo Do

Tang Soo Do noun: a Korean martial art.

Noun

Tang Soo Do (uncountable)

  1. a Korean martial art

Origin of Tang Soo Do

From Korean 당수도(唐手道) (dangsudo), possibly related to Japanese 唐手道 (karatedō, “the way of karate”) (now 空手道). First attributed in 1957.

Questions about Tang Soo Do

What does Tang Soo Do mean?
Tang Soo Do means a Korean martial art.
What part of speech is Tang Soo Do?
Tang Soo Do is a noun.

Words near Tang Soo Do in the dictionary

  1. tang button
  2. tang buttons
  3. Tang dynasty
  4. tang hoon
  5. tang ping
  6. Tang Soo Do
  7. Tang-shan
  8. Tang-yang
  9. tanga
  10. tanga briefs
  11. Tangail District

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Tang Soo Do (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Tang Soo Do.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/tang_soo_do. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.