月讀

See also: 月読 and 月读

Chinese

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): Yuèdú

(Zhuyin): ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): jyut⁶ duk⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: Yuèdú
  - Zhuyin: ㄩㄝˋ ㄉㄨˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: Yuèdú
  - Wade–Giles: Yüeh⁴-tu²
  - Yale: Ywè-dú
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Yuehdwu
  - Palladius: Юэду (Juedu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɥɛ⁵¹ tu³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: jyut⁶ duk⁶
  - Yale: yuht duhk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: jyt⁹ duk⁹
  - Guangdong Romanization: yud⁶ dug⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /jyːt̚² tʊk̚²/

Proper noun

月讀

(religion) Tsukuyomi (Japanese moon deity)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
月	讀
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

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.^[1]^[2]

Noun

月讀 (tukuyo₂mi₁) (kana つくよみ)

a moon god
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 13, poem 3245:
  , text here
  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)
(poetic) the Moon
- c. 759, Man’yōshū, book 4, poem 670:
  , text here
  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.

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)

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

Descendants

Japanese: 月読 (Tsukuyomi → Tsukiyomi)
- → English: Tsukuyomi

References

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