Chinese

Noun

海星

1. starfish, sea star

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Irregular reading)
• (Tokyo) ひとで [hìtódé] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [çi̥to̞de̞]

Alternative forms

• 人手

Noun

海星 ‎(hiragana ひとで, katakana ヒトデ, romaji hitode)

1. starfish; sea star

Derived terms

• 蜘蛛海星 (くもひとで) ‎(kumohitode, “brittle star”)

References

1. ↑ 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3