Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 長之輔, 長之助, 長之介, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. CHO:-NO-SKE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 長 (chou) meaning "chief, head, leader", 之 (no), a possessive marker, combined with 輔 (suke) meaning "help". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer was Chounosuke Iba, Japanese chairman of a business.