Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 明宏, 昭大, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. AH-KEE-KHEE-ṘO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 昭 (aki) meaning "bright, luminous" combined with 大 (hiro) meaning "big, great" or 寛 (hiro) meaning "tolerant, generous". Other kanji combinations are possible.