声優

声優

Japanese

Kanji in this term
声	優
せい Grade: 2	ゆう Grade: 6
on’yomi

Etymology

声 (sei, “voice”) +‎ 優 (yū, “actor”)

Pronunciation

• On’yomi: Kan’on
  • (Tokyo) せーゆう [sèéyúú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2][3]
  • IPA^(key): [se̞ːjɯ̟ᵝː]
• Homophones: 西遊, 政友, 清幽, 清遊, 清游, 聖猷

Noun

声優 (hiragana せいゆう, rōmaji seiyū, historical hiragana せいいう)

1. voice actor; voice actress

Synonyms

• CV

Descendants

• English: seiyuu

References

1. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN