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-chhiⁿ / hái-chheⁿ / hái-seng

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎixīng
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄒㄧㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎising
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-hsing¹
  - Yale: hǎi-syīng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshing
  - Palladius: хайсин (xajsin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ɕiŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² sing¹
  - Yale: hói sīng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² sing¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² xing¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ sɪŋ⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Lukang, Sanxia, Taipei, Kinmen, Magong, Hsinchu, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chhiⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tshinn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haychvy
  - IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Lukang): /hai⁵⁵⁻³⁵ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Kinmen): /hai⁵³⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ³³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕʰĩ⁴⁴/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou, Yilan, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Singapore, Penang)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chheⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: hái-tshenn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hayzhvef
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰɛ̃⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Yilan, Tainan): /hai⁵³⁻⁵⁵ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Singapore): /hai⁴²⁻²⁴ t͡sʰẽ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Penang): /hai⁴⁴⁵⁻³³ t͡sʰɛ̃³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-seng
  - Tâi-lô: hái-sing
  - Phofsit Daibuun: haysefng
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ ɕiɪŋ³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ ɕiɪŋ⁴⁴/

Noun

海星

starfish; sea star

Synonyms

(dialectal Mandarin) 海盤纏／海盘缠
(Wenzhou) 星魚／星鱼, 五角魚／五角鱼

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	星
ひとで
Grade: 2	Grade: 2
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
海星 (kyūjitai) 人手海盤車 (rare)

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Irregular reading)

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

Noun

海星(ひとで) • (hitode)

a starfish; a sea star
- 1999 February 4, “ヒトデンチャク [Starnemone]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), 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 (Please provide the book title or journal name), 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

蜘蛛(クモ)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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[NHK-1] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN