海藻

Chinese

		ocean; sea	(aquatic grasses); elegant
trad. (海藻)		海	藻
simp. #(海藻)		海	藻

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): hǎizǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² zou²
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hái-chó

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: hǎizǎo [Phonetic: háizǎo]
    • Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄗㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: hǎizǎo
    • Wade–Giles: hai³-tsao³
    • Yale: hǎi-dzǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetzao
    • Palladius: хайцзао (xajczao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ t͡sɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 海棗 / 海枣 海藻

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hoi² zou²
    • Yale: hói jóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² dzou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: hoi² zou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ t͡sou̯³⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hái-chó
    • Tâi-lô: hái-tsó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hayzoir
    • Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /hai⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡so⁵⁵⁴/
    • Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Taipei): /hai⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡so⁵³/
    • Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /hai⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sɤ⁴¹/

Noun

海藻

1. seaweed

Derived terms

• 海藻糖 (hǎizǎotáng)
• 海藻蟲 / 海藻虫
• 海藻酸 (hǎizǎosuān)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (海藻):

• → Japanese: 海藻(かいそう) (kaisō)

See also

• 海帶／海带 (hǎidài)
• 昆布 (kūnbù)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
海	藻
かい Grade: 2	そう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海藻 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ka̠iso̞ː]
• (Tokyo) かいそー [kàísóó] (Heiban – [0])

Noun

海(かい)藻(そう) • (kaisō) 

1. seaweed

Usage notes

• To be distinguished from 海草(かいそう) (kaisō), which means seagrass.

See also

• 海苔(のり) (nori)
• 若布(わかめ) (wakame)

Further reading

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