Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 活音, 幾弥, 幾音, 生根, 行音, etc.(Japanese Kanji) いくね(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. EE-KOO-NE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 活 (iku) meaning "life" combined with 音 (ne) meaning "sound". Other kanji combinations are possible.