Save Gender Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 花音(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. KHWAH-YEEN [key] Other Forms FormsKanon (Japanese) Meaning & History From Chinese 花音 (huāyīn) meaning "appoggiatura" which comes from combining 花 (huā) meaning "flower, blossom" with 音 (yīn) meaning "sound, noise, tone". Other Chinese characters can form this name as well.