Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 萌吾, 蓬伍, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. HO:-GO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 萌 (hou) meaning "bud, sprout" or 蓬 (hou) meaning "sagebrush, wormwood, mugwort" combined with 吾 (go) meaning "I, me" or 伍 (go) meaning "five". Other kanji combinations are possible.