海豹
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 海 | 豹 |
Etymology [edit]
Originally a compound of Old Japanese elements 痣 (aza, “bruise”) + 等 (ra, a pluralizer, “lots of”) + 獣 (shi, “beast, especially one used for meat”). The bruise meaning was in reference to the spotted coat.
The 海豹 spelling is an example of ateji. The characters literally mean “sea leopard”.
Pronunciation [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
Noun [edit]
海豹 (hiragana あざらし, katakana アザラシ, romaji azarashi)
- an earless seal, a true seal (the mammal), a member of family Phocidae
Usage notes [edit]
As with many terms used in biology, this is often spelled in katakana, as アザラシ.
See also [edit]
- 葦鹿, 海驢 (あしか, アシカ, ashika): a sea lion
- 膃肭臍 (おっとせい, オットセイ, ottosei): a fur seal
- 海象 (せいうち, セイウチ, seiuchi): a walrus
Mandarin [edit]
| simpl. and trad. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 海豹 | |||
Noun [edit]
海豹 (traditional and simplified, measure word 隻/只, Pinyin hǎibào)
Categories:
- Japanese terms written with two Han script characters
- Japanese terms spelled with 海
- Japanese terms spelled with 豹
- Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese
- Japanese compound words
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- Mandarin nouns in simplified script
- Mandarin nouns in traditional script
- Mandarin nouns
- Chinese hanzi
- cmn:Animals in simplified script
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- cmn:Mammals in simplified script
- cmn:Mammals in traditional script
