How to pronounce "×"?


The symbol × is sometimes used in titles like **「ラビ×ラビ -パズルアウトストーリーズ-」** or
headlines like this one: **「スシロー×寿司ストライカー スペシャルキャンペーン」**.

I imagine native speakers who read it might pronounce it as と, since it seems
to mean "and", like in the above example of a game with two characters and a
joint campaign.

How is the symbol actually pronounced?




This type of `×` (indicates a close relationship between two things/people) is
usually simply ignored, just as we do not bother to read ❤ or ★ aloud in
titles and such. "ラビ×ラビ" is read as ラビラビ as if it were one word.
"スシロー×寿司ストライカー" would be pronounced with a small pause between スシロー and
寿司ストライカー.

Similar examples from real manga titles:

>   * [HUNTER × HUNTER](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter)
> （pronounced as ハンターハンター）
>   * [サーバント × サービス](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_%C3%97_Service)
> （pronounced as サーバントサービス）
>   * [ノゾ ×
> キミ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%82%BE%C3%97%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9F)
> （pronounced as [ノゾキミ](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%A6%97%E3%81%8D%E8%A6%8B)）
>

When you _must_ read this symbol aloud (e.g., when you need to tell the
"spelling" of this title over the phone), you can read it as かける or バツ.




This type of `×` (indicates a close relationship between two things/people) is
usually simply ignored, just as we do not bother to read ❤ or ★ aloud in
titles and such. "ラビ×ラビ" is read as ラビラビ as if it were one word.
"スシロー×寿司ストライカー" would be pronounced with a small pause between スシロー and
寿司ストライカー.

Similar examples from real manga titles:

>   * [HUNTER × HUNTER](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter)
> （pronounced as ハンターハンター）
>   * [サーバント × サービス](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servant_%C3%97_Service)
> （pronounced as サーバントサービス）
>   * [ノゾ ×
> キミ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%82%BE%C3%97%E3%82%AD%E3%83%9F)
> （pronounced as [ノゾキミ](https://jisho.org/word/%E8%A6%97%E3%81%8D%E8%A6%8B)）
>

When you _must_ read this symbol aloud (e.g., when you need to tell the
"spelling" of this title over the phone), you can read it as かける or バツ.

