Tsukuyomi

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Tsukuyomi

Rhymes with -əʊmi

Where it comes from

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”).

proper noun

Japanese The Japanese moon god, son of Izanami and Izanagi and brother of Amaterasu, Susanoo, Ōyamatsumi and Kagutsuchi.
Similar: Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto

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name Japanese moon god

한국어	쓰쿠요미 Sseukuyomi, 쓰쿠요미노 미코토 Sseukuyomino mikoto
日本語	月読, 月読み, 月夜見
中文	月讀 /月读 Yuèdú
हिन्दी	त्सुकुयोमी tsukuyomī
Ελληνικά	Τσουκουγιόμι Tsoukougiómi, Τσουκιγιόμι Tsoukigiómi
Русский	Цукиёми Cukijómi, Цукуёми Cukujómi
العربية	تْسُوكُويُومِي tsūkūyūmī

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@misc{tsukuyomi_2026,
  title = {Tsukuyomi},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tsukuyomi},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}