Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 寛克, 啓克, 広, 広勝, 弘勝, 浩且, 博捷, 裕克, 洋克, 廣, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. HEE-ṘO-KAH-TSUU [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 寛 (hiro) meaning "tolerant" combined with 克 (katsu) meaning "to overcome, to subdue, to overthrow". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer is Hirokatsu Tayama, a triathlete from Japan.