海獺

海獺

1. sea otter

• Korean: 해달 (haedal)

Borrowing from Ainu ラッコ (rakko, “otter”).[1][2] The kanji spelling is from Chinese 海獺, and is jukujikun (熟字訓).

• 猟虎, 獺虎

• (Irregular reading)
  • (Tokyo) らっこ [ràkkó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • (Tokyo) ら​っこ [ráꜜkkò] (Atamadaka – [1])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɾa̠k̚ko̞]

海獺 (hiragana らっこ, katakana ラッコ, rōmaji rakko)

1. a sea otter

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts, as ラッコ.

• 獺 (うそ) (uso): an otter (usually refers to a river otter, but can also refer to a sea otter; rakko is more common for a sea otter)
• 川獺 (かわうそ) (kawauso): a river otter

Compound of 海 (umi, “sea”) +‎ 獺 (uso, “otter”);[1][2] see 川獺 (kawauso). Possibly from the superficial similarities between sea otters and (particularly young) sea lions.

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) うみうそ [ùmíúsó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲiɯ̟ᵝso̞]

海獺 (hiragana うみうそ, rōmaji umiuso)

1. (archaic) a sea lion

The term 海驢 (ashika) is much more common for the sea lion sense.

• 海驢 (あしか) (ashika), 葦鹿 (あしか) (ashika)

• 海豹 (あざらし) (azarashi): a seal

/umiwoso/ → /umioso/

Rare variant of umiuso above.[1][2] May be the original form.

• Kun’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲio̞so̞]

海獺 (hiragana うみおそ, rōmaji umioso, historical hiragana うみをそ)

1. (rare) a sea lion

From Middle Chinese 海獺 (xoj^X that, literally “sea + otter”). Compare modern Cantonese reading hoi² caat³.

Note that the meaning diverged in Japanese from the original Chinese sense. See umiuso above for more.

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ita̠t͡sɨᵝ]

海獺 (hiragana かいたつ, rōmaji kaitatsu)

1. (rare, zoology) a sea lion
2. (rare, zoology) a seal

The term 海驢 (ashika) is much more common for the sea lion sense. The term 海豹 (azarashi) is much more common for the seal sense.

• (sea lion): 海驢 (あしか) (ashika), 葦鹿 (あしか) (ashika)
• (seal): 海豹 (あざらし) (azarashi)

Rare variant of kaitatsu above, using the 慣用音 (kan'yōon) of datsu for the 獺 character.

• On’yomi
  • IPA^(key): [ka̠ida̠t͡sɨᵝ]

海獺 (hiragana かいたつ, rōmaji kaitatsu)

1. (very rare, zoology) a sea lion
2. (very rare, zoology) a seal

The term 海驢 (ashika) is much more common for the sea lion sense. The term 海豹 (azarashi) is much more common for the seal sense.

• (sea lion): 海驢 (あしか) (ashika), 葦鹿 (あしか) (ashika)
• (seal): 海豹 (あざらし) (azarashi)

海獺 • (haedal, McCune-Reischauer: haedal, Yale: hāytal) (hangeul 해달)

1. Hanja form^? of 해달 (“sea otter”).