Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 忠一, 宙一, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. CHUU:-EE-CHEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 宙 (chuu) meaning "space, air" or 忠 (chuu) meaning "loyalty" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.