Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts ジンキ(Japanese Katakana) 仁亀, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. JEEN-KEE [key] Meaning & History From 仁 (jin) meaning "benevolent, compassionate" and 亀 (ki) meaning "turtle, tortoise". Other kanji combinations can be used.In vocabulary, 神亀 (jinki) is the name of a Japanese era that took place from February 724 to August 729.