Gender Masculine
Scripts 月読(Japanese Kanji) つくよみ(Japanese Hiragana) ツクヨミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. /t͡sɨᵝ.kɯᵝ.jo̞.mi/(Japanese)  [key·simplify]

Meaning & History

From Japanese (tsuku) meaning "moon" and (yomi) meaning "to read". In Japanese mythology Tsukuyomi was the god of the moon, the sibling of Amaterasu and Susanoo.

Related Names

Rootstsuku + yomi

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Entry updated December 7, 2022