月讀

See also: 月読

Old Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	讀
つく Grade: 1	よ(み) Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

• 月夜見 (ateji)

Etymology

From 月 (tuku, combining form of tuki₂, “moon”) +‎ 讀み (yo₂mi₁, “counting”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 讀む (yo₂mu), “to count”), and referred to telling the moonphases.

Noun

月讀 (tukuyo₂mi₁) (kana つくよみ)

1. a moon god
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3245:
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     天橋文長雲鴨高山文高雲鴨月夜見乃持有越水伊取來而公奉而越得之旱物

     amapasi mo nagaku moga mo takayama mo takaku moga mo tukuyo₁mi₁^[sic] no₂ moteru wotimi₁du ito₂riki₁te ki₁mi₁ ni maturite wotiesimu mono₂

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2. (poetic) the Moon
   • c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 670:
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     月讀之光二來益足疾乃山寸隔而不遠國

     tukuyo₂mi₁ no₂ pi₁kari ni ki₁mase asi-pi₁ki₁ no₂ yama kipe₁narite to₂pokaranaku ni

     Come into the moonlight! It is not so far away, even though we are separated by a rugged [ashi-hiki, pillow word of uncertain meaning] hill.

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Citations

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) For quotations using this term, see Citations:月讀.

Derived terms

• 月讀男 (tukuyo₂mi₁ woto₂ko₁, “personification of the moon”)

Descendants

• Japanese: 月読 (tsukiyomi)

Proper noun

月讀 (Tukuyo₂mi₁) (kana つくよみ)

1. Short for 月讀尊, 月讀命 (Tukuyo₂mi₁ no₂ mi₁ko₂to₂): Tsukuyomi, the moon god in Shinto mythology

Descendants

• Japanese: 月読 (Tsukiyomi)