海獺

See also: 海獭

Chinese

		ocean; sea	otter
trad. (海獺)		海	獺
simp. (海獭)		海	獭

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎitǎ, hǎità

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˇ, ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² caat³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hái-thoah

  (Teochew, Peng'im): hai² tuah⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎitǎ [Phonetic: háitǎ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎitǎ
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-tʻa³
    • Yale: hǎi-tǎ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetaa
    • Palladius: хайта (xajta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎità
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎità
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-tʻa⁴
    • Yale: hǎi-tà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetah
    • Palladius: хайта (xajta)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² caat³
    • Yale: hói chaat
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² tsaat⁸
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² cad³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sʰaːt̚³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-thoah
    • Tâi-lô: hái-thuah
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hay'toaq
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tʰuaʔ⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰuaʔ³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰuaʔ³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: hai² tuah⁴
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái thuah
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰuaʔ²/

Noun

海獺

1. sea otter

Descendants

• Korean: 해달 (haedal)

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	獺
らっこ
Grade: 2	Hyōgai
jukujikun

Alternative spellings
海獺 (kyūjitai) 猟虎 獺虎

Borrowing from Ainu ラッコ (rakko, “otter”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 海獺／海獭 (hǎitǎ), and is jukujikun (熟字訓).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

海獺(らっこ) or 海獺(ラッコ) • (rakko) 

1. a sea otter

Usage notes

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

See also

• 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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	獺
うみ Grade: 2	うそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海獺 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) うみうそ [ùmíúsó] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mʲiɯ̟so̞]

Noun

海(うみ)獺(うそ) • (umiuso) 

1. (archaic) a sea lion

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• 海驢(あしか) (ashika), 葦鹿(あしか) (ashika)

See also

• 海豹(あざらし) (azarashi): a seal

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
海	獺
うみ Grade: 2	おそ Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海獺 (kyūjitai)

/umiwoso/ → /umioso/

Rare variant of umiuso above. May be the original form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mʲio̞so̞]

Noun

海(うみ)獺(おそ) • (umioso) ^{←うみをそ (umiwoso)?}

1. (rare) a sea lion

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
海	獺
かい Grade: 2	たつ Hyōgai
kan'on

Alternative spelling
海獺 (kyūjitai)

From Middle Chinese 海獺／海獭 (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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ita̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

海(かい)獺(たつ) • (kaitatsu) 

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

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

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

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
海	獺
かい Grade: 2	だつ Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海獺 (kyūjitai)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠ida̠t͡sɨ]

Noun

海(かい)獺(だつ) • (kaidatsu) 

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

Usage notes

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.

Synonyms

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

Korean

Hanja in this term
海	獺

Noun

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

1. hanja form^? of 해달 (“sea otter”)