Save Gender Feminine & Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 日与美(Japanese Kanji) ひよみ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. HEE-YO-ME [key] Meaning & History From the Japanese kanji 日 (hi) meaning "sun; sunlight; daylight" combined with 与 (yo) meaning "to give; to provide" and 美 (mi) meaning "beauty". Other kanji combinations are possible.