What are Furigana and Pinyin readings?
Furigana and pinyin are ruby readings drawn above Japanese and Chinese subtitle text when Interact is on. They help you sound out kanji or characters without leaving the video. Other languages can show romanization or IPA the same way.
Prerequisites
The extension is installed. Interact is on, and Japanese or Chinese is checked on the zone.
Steps
See readings on the line
- Turn on Interact for the zone over the burned-in line.
- Check Japanese for furigana or romaji, or Simplified / Traditional Chinese for pinyin, Zhuyin, or Jyutping.
- Turn on Furigana or Pinyin in the subtitle panel Settings → Readings (the label matches the languages you checked).
Pick a reading system
- In the Readings tab, use the dropdown for each language to choose hiragana, katakana, romaji, pinyin tone marks or numbers, Zhuyin, or Jyutping.
- Korean, English, and Spanish use Romanization or IPA when those languages are checked.
Updated Nov 1, 2026