Archaic term used in historical contexts to refer to people from China or Korea. The specific meaning depends on the kanji used: 唐人 for Chinese, 韓人 for Korean, and 漢人 also for Chinese. In modern Japanese, 中国人 and 韓国人 are used instead.
Long ago, Chinese and Korean people who came to Japan were called karabito.
Modern standard term for a Chinese person; 唐人 is archaic.
Modern standard term for a Korean person; 韓人 is archaic.
Archaic term; the kanji 唐 originally referred to Tang China but later came to mean China or foreign lands in general.
Archaic variant specifically for a Korean person; 韓 refers to Korea.
Archaic variant; 漢 can refer to China or the Han dynasty.
From 唐 (kara, an old name for China/Korea) + 人 (hito, person), with rendaku voicing to びと. The kanji 唐 originally referred to Tang China but later broadened to mean foreign lands, especially China and Korea.