海星

Chinese

		ocean; sea	star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad. (海星)		海	星
anagram		星海

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎixīng

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² sing¹
Min Nan (POJ): hái-chheⁿ / hái-chhiⁿ / hái-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: hǎixīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshing
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎising
  - IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² sing¹
  - Yale: hói sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xing¹
  - IPA ^(key): /hɔːy̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chheⁿ / hái-chhiⁿ / hái-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tshenn / hái-tshinn / hái-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhvef, haychvy, haysefng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰẽ³³/, /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/, /haɪ⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/, /haɪ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

海星

starfish; sea star

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	星
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
Irregular

Alternative forms

人手

Etymology

From 人 (ひと)手 (で) (hitode, literally “human hand”). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 海星 (literally “sea star”).

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)
- (Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
- IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞de̞]

Noun

海星 (hiragana ひとで, katakana ヒトデ, rōmaji hitode)

a starfish; a sea star
- 1999 February 4, “ヒトデンチャク [Starnemone]”, in Vol.1, Konami:
  
  汚 (お)染 (せん)された水 (みず)で狂 (きょう)暴 (ぼう)化 (か)したヒトデ。口 (くち)から溶 (よう)解 (かい)液 (えき)をはく。
  Osen sareta mizu de kyōbōka shita hitode. Kuchi kara yōkaieki o haku.
  A frenzied starfish dwelling in polluted water. It spits liquefying fluid from its mouth.
- 1999 May 27, “アーマード・スターフィッシュ [Armored Starfish]”, in Vol.3, Konami:
  
  表 (ひょう)面 (めん)がかたく守 (しゅ)備 (び)力 (りょく)が比 (ひ)較 (かく)的 (てき)高 (たか)い、青 (あお)っぽいヒトデ。
  Hyōmen ga kataku shubiryoku ga hikakuteki takai, aoppoi hitode.
  A bluish starfish that looks like it should have relatively high defense strength.

Derived terms

蜘 (ク)蛛 (モ)海星 (ヒトデ) (kumo hitode, “brittle star”)

References

1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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