# 海獺
## Chinese

* 海獺

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): hǎitǎ, hǎità
    (Zhuyin): ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˇ, ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): hoi$^2$ caat$^3$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): hái-thoah
    (Teochew, Peng'im): hai$^2$ tuah$^4$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎitǎ [Phonetic: háitǎ]
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˇ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎitǎ
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^3$-tʻa$^3$
*** Yale: hǎi-tǎ
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetaa
*** Palladius: хайта (xajta)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻³⁵ tʰä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: hǎità
*** Zhuyin: ㄏㄞˇ ㄊㄚˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: hǎità
*** Wade–Giles: hai$^3$-tʻa$^4$
*** Yale: hǎi-tà
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: haetah
*** Palladius: хайта (xajta)
*** Sinological IPA : /xaɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰä⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: hoi$^2$ caat$^3$
*** Yale: hói chaat
*** Cantonese Pinyin: hoi$^2$ tsaat$^8$
*** Guangdong Romanization: hoi$^2$ cad$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /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: hai$^2$ tuah$^4$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: hái thuah
*** Sinological IPA : /hai⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰuaʔ²/

### Noun

海獺
* sea otter

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: 海獺(かいたつ) (kaitatsu); 海獺(かいだつ) (kaidatsu)
* → Korean: 해달(海獺) (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: [ɾa̠k̚ko̞]

#### Noun

海獺(らっこ) or 海獺(ラッコ) • (rakko)
* 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: [ɯ̟mʲiɯ̟so̞]

#### Noun

海(うみ)獺(うそ) • (umiuso)
* (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: [ɯ̟mʲio̞so̞]

#### Noun

海(うみ)獺(おそ) • (umioso)
* (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 hoi$^2$ caat$^3$.
Note that the meaning diverged in Japanese from the original Chinese sense. See umiuso above for more.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ka̠ita̠t͡sɨ]

#### Noun

海(かい)獺(たつ) • (kaitatsu)
* (rare) a sea lion
* (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: [ka̠ida̠t͡sɨ]

#### Noun

海(かい)獺(だつ) • (kaidatsu)
* (very rare, zoology) a sea lion
* (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)

### References

* 1 2 3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

## Korean

Hanja in this term :
| 海 | 獺 |

### Noun

海獺 • (haedal or McCune-Reischauer: haedal or Yale: hāytal) (hangeul 해달)
* hanja form of 해달 (“sea otter”)