Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 初二郎, 初司郎, 初児郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. HAH-TSOO-ZHEE-RO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 初 (hatsu) meaning "first, original, beginning" combined with 児 (ji) meaning "child, kid, teenager, young person" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are usable.