Tsukuyomi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 月読 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi), originally a compound of 月 (つく, tsuku, “the moon”) + 読み (よみ, yomi, “reading”, ancient meaning of “counting”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊmi

Proper noun

Tsukuyomi

(Japanese mythology, Shinto) The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.
Synonym: Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto

Coordinate terms

Translations

Japanese moon god

Arabic: تْسُوكُويُومِي‎‎ m (tsūkūyūmī)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 月讀, 月读 (Yuèdú)
Esperanto: Cukujomi
Greek: Τσουκουγιόμι m (Tsoukougiómi), Τσουκιγιόμι m (Tsoukigiómi)
Hungarian: Cukujomi
Japanese: 月読, 月読み, 月夜見 (つくよみ, Tsukuyomi; つきよみ, Tsukiyomi)

Korean: 쓰쿠요미 (Sseukuyomi), 쓰쿠요미노 미코토 (Sseukuyomino mikoto)
Persian: تسوکویومی‎‎ (Tsukuyomi)
Russian: Цукиёми m (Cukijómi), Цукуёми m (Cukujómi)
Slovene: Cukijomi m
Tamil: சுக்குயோமி (cukkuyōmi)
Thai: สึกุโยะมิ (sʉ̀-gù-yó-mí)
Ukrainian: Цукуйо́мі m (Cukujómi)

Japanese

Romanization

Tsukuyomi

Rōmaji transcription of つくよみ
Rōmaji transcription of ツクヨミ

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