91%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Mythology Scripts 月読(Japanese Kanji) つくよみ(Japanese Hiragana) ツクヨミ(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. TSOO-KOO-YO-MEE(Japanese) [key·IPA] Meaning & History From Japanese 月 (tsuku) meaning "moon" and 読 (yomi) meaning "to read". In Japanese mythology Tsukuyomi was the god of the moon, the sibling of Amaterasu and Susanoo. Categories actions, celestial, gods, intelligence, lunar deities, men, moon
