海狸

Chinese

		ocean; sea	raccoon dog; leopard cat
simp. and trad. (海狸)		海	狸

海狸

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): hǎilí

(Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi² lei⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: hǎilí
  - Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄧˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: hǎilí
  - Wade–Giles: hai³-li²
  - Yale: hǎi-lí
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haeli
  - Palladius: хайли (xajli)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ li³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: hoi² lei⁴
  - Yale: hói lèih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: hoi² lei⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: hoi² léi⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɔːi̯³⁵ lei̯²¹/

Noun

海狸

beaver

Synonyms

河狸 (hélí)

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:

ビーバー

Wikipedia ^ja

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Beaver

Wikipedia

海狸 (kairi, umidanuki): a beaver.

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
海	狸
かい Grade: 2	り Hyōgai
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
海狸 (kyūjitai)

Probably coined in Japan of Middle Chinese-derived elements. First attested in Japanese in 1884.^[1]

The beaver is not native to Japan, so this word would have had to be coined (or repurposed) relatively recently.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) かいり [káꜜìrì] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ka̠iɾʲi]

Noun

海(かい)狸(り) • (kairi) ^{←かいり (kairi)^?}

[from 1884] (rare) alternate term for ビーバー (bībā): a beaver

Usage notes

The term ビーバー (bībā) is used more commonly.

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
海	狸
うみ Grade: 2	たぬき > だぬき Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative spelling
海狸 (kyūjitai)

Compound of 海 (umi, “sea, ocean”) +‎ 狸 (tanuki, “tanuki or raccoon dog”). The tanuki changes to danuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).^[3]

Date of first attestation is currently unclear. Considering that the native range of the beaver does not include Japan, the umidanuki reading may well also be from the 1880s.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) うみだぬき [ùmídáꜜnùkì] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ɯ̟mʲida̠nɯ̟kʲi]

Noun

海(うみ)狸(だぬき) • (umidanuki) ^{←うみだぬき (umidanuki)^?}

[date unknown; possibly 1880s] (rare) alternate term for ビーバー (bībā): a beaver

Usage notes

The term ビーバー (bībā) is used more commonly.

References

^ “海狸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

“〈海^▲狸〉”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
海	狸

Noun

海狸

chữ Hán form of hải ly (“beaver”)

[NKDc-1] “海狸”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-3] Shōgaku Tosho (1988), 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

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