武術 (Martial Art)

by AdamStanislav - uploaded on March 27, 2021, 1:47 am

武術, or wushu, literally means martial art in Chinese.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_martial_arts#Wushu states, The word wu (武; wǔ) means ‘martial’. Its Chinese character is made of two parts; the first meaning “walk” or “stop” (止; zhǐ) and the second meaning “lance” (戈; gē). This implies that “wu’ 武,” is a defensive use of combat.