海星

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Noun

海星

  1. starfish; sea star

Japanese

Kanji in this term
Grade: 2 Grade: 2
Irregular

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 人手 (hitode, literally human hand). The kanji are jukujikun (熟字訓), from Chinese 海星 (literally sea star).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. a starfish; a sea star
    • 1999 February 4, ヒトデンチャク [Starfishborne]”, in Vol.1 (in Japanese), Konami:
       () (せん)された (みず) (きょう) (ぼう) ()したヒトデ (くち)から (よう) (かい) (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 (in Japanese), Konami:
       (ひょう) (めん)がかたく (しゅ) () (りょく) () (かく) (てき) (たか)い、 (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

References

  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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