海神

Chinese

		ocean; sea	God; unusual; mysterious God; unusual; mysterious; soul; spirit; divine essence; lively; spiritual being
simp. and trad. (海神)		海	神

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎishén

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄣˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² san⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): Hái-sîn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎishén
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄕㄣˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎishén
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-shên²
    • Yale: hǎi-shén
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeshern
    • Palladius: хайшэнь (xajšɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʂən³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² san⁴
    • Yale: hói sàhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² san⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² sen⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ sɐn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-sîn
    • Tâi-lô: Hái-sîn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: haysiin
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ sin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin¹³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ sin²⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ sin²³/

Noun

海神

1. sea god
2. Poseidon; Neptune

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	神
かい Grade: 2	じん Grade: 3
goon

Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
海	神
わた(の) Grade: 2	かみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
海	神
わた Grade: 2	かみ > がみ Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
海	神
わた(つ) Grade: 2	み Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
海神 (kyūjitai) 綿津見

Kanji in this term
海	神
わだ(つ) Grade: 2	み Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海神 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Watatsumi: Old Japanese, 海 (“sea”) +‎ つ (archaic genitive particle) +‎ 神 (“spirit”)

Watagami: 海 +‎ 神 (“god”)

Wata no kami: 海 +‎ の (genitive particle) +‎ 神 (“god”)

Kaijin: Middle Chinese 海神 (MC xojX zyin).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) わたつみ [wàtátsúmí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [β̞a̠ta̠t͡sɨmʲi]

• (Tokyo) かいじん [kàíjíń] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [ka̠iʑĩɴ]

Noun

海(わたつ)神(み) or 海(わだつ)神(み) or 海(わた)神(がみ) or 海(わたの)神(かみ) • (watatsumi or wadatsumi or watagami or wata no kami) 

1. (Japanese mythology) a sea god

   Coordinate term: 山祇 (yamatsumi)

Noun

海(かい)神(じん) • (kaijin) 

1. a sea god

References

• “〈海神〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026