Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 秀朝, 英智, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KHEE-DEH-TO-MO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 英 (hide) meaning "excellent, fine" or 秀 (hide) meaning "excellent, outstanding" combined with 智 (tomo) meaning "knowledge, wisdom". Other kanji combinations can be used, too.