月読

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	読

Alternative forms

• 月夜見

Etymology

Originally a compound of 月 (tsuku, “the moon”) +‎ 読み (yomi, “reading”), and referred to telling the phase of the moon.

This spelling was later repurposed as jukujikun for a compound of 月 (tsuku, “the moon”) +‎ 夜 (yo, “night”) +‎ 神 (mi, “god”).

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• IPA: [t͡su͍ku͍jo̞mi], [t͡su͍kijo̞mi]

Proper noun

月読 (hiragana つくよみ, katakana ツクヨミ, romaji Tsukuyomi) (alternative reading hiragana つきよみ, katakana ツキヨミ, romaji Tsukiyomi)

1. (Shintō): Tsukuyomi, the Japanese moon god
2. (poetic) the moon

Derived terms

• 月読男, 月夜見男 (つくよみおとこ, Tsukuyomi otoko): personification of the moon, the moon man (not the "man in the moon")
• 月読尊, 月読命, 月夜見命 (つくよみのみこと, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto): formal name for the Japanese god of the moon
• 月読宮, 月夜見宮 (つきよみのみや, Tsukiyomi no Miya; つくよみのみや, Tsukuyomi no Miya): a shrine to Tsukuyomi in the Miyajiri area of Ise, Mie Prefecture

See also

• Tsukuyomi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Tsukuyomi
• 月読 on the Japanese Wikipedia.ja.Wikipedia
• 天照 (あまてらす, Amaterasu): Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess.
• 須佐之男 (すさのお, Susanoo): Susanoo, the Japanese storm god.
• 伊邪那岐, 伊弉諾 (いざなぎ, Izanagi): Izanagi, the father of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo.