海星

Chinese
ocean; sea star; satellite; small amount
simp. and trad.
(海星)		 海 星
anagram 星海

Pronunciation

Noun

海星

  1. starfish; sea star
  2. (Mainland China, Internet slang) Alternative form of 還行／还行 (hái xíng, “still acceptable”)

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

    Noun

    海星(ひとで) or 海星(ヒトデ) • (hitode) 

    1. a starfish; a sea star
      • 1999 February 4, “ヒトデンチャク [Starnemone]”, in Vol.1, 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 Vol.3, 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

    References
    1. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
    2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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