Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 楓介, 風助, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. fuu:-ske [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 楓 (fuu) meaning "maple" or 風 (fuu) meaning "style, wind" combined with 介 (suke) meaning "shell, shellfish" or 助 (suke) meaning "assistance". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.