声優

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
聲優 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

声 (sei, “voice”) +‎ 優 (yū, “actor”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーゆう [sèéyúú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːjɯ̟ː]

Homophones: 西遊, 政友, 清幽, 清遊, 清游, 聖猷

Noun

声(せい)優(ゆう) • (seiyū) ^{←せいいう (seiiu)^?}

voice actor; voice actress

Synonyms

C(シー)V(ブイ) (shībui)

Descendants

→ Chinese:
- Mandarin: 聲優／声优 (shēngyōu)
→ English: seiyuu
→ Esperanto: sejuo
→ Korean: 성우(聲優) (seong'u)

References

^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN