See also: 月読 and 月读

Chinese

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moon; month
to read; to study; comma
to read; to study; comma; phrase marked by pause
 
trad. (月讀)
simp. (月读)

Etymology

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Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 月読 (Tsukiyomi), Old Japanese 月讀 (Tukuyo2mi1).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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月讀

  1. (religion) Tsukuyomi (Japanese moon deity)

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
Grade: 1 Hyōgai
For pronunciation and definitions of 月讀 – see the following entry.
月読つきよみ
[noun] a moon god
[noun] (poetic) the Moon
[proper noun] (Japanese mythology) Short for 月読尊 (Tsukiyomi no mikoto): Tsukuyomi, the moon god in Shinto mythology
Alternative spellings
月読み, 月夜見, ツキヨミ
(This term, 月讀, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Old Japanese

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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From (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.[1][2]

Noun

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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
      (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:月讀.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:月讀.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: 月読 (tsukiyomi)

Proper noun

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN