海蛇
Chinese
ocean; sea | snake; serpent | ||
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simp. and trad. (海蛇) | 海 | 蛇 |
Pronunciation
Noun
海蛇
- sea snake
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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海 | 蛇 |
うみ Grade: 2 | へび Grade: S |
kun’yomi |
Etymology
海 (umi, “sea”) + 蛇 (hebi, “snake”)
Pronunciation
- Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) うみへび [ùmíhébí] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝmʲihe̞bʲi]
Noun
海蛇 (hiragana うみへび, katakana ウミヘビ, rōmaji umihebi)
- a sea snake
References
- 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN