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

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(せい)優(ゆう) • (seiyū) ^{←せいいう (seīu)^?}

voice actor; voice actress

Synonyms

CV

Descendants

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

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
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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