Save Type Surname (from location) Usage Japanese Scripts 辻本, 辻元(Japanese Kanji) つじもと(Japanese Hiragana) ツジモト(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. /t͡sɨᵝ.ʑi.mo̞.to̞/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 辻 (tsuji) meaning "crossroad" and 本 or 元 (moto) meaning "base, root, origin".