Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 丈樹也, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. JO-SHUU-AH [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 丈 (jo) meaning "height", 樹 (shu) meaning "tree; plant" combined with 也 (a) meaning "also". Other kanji combinations are possible. Usage of this name is, most likely, influenced by the name Joshua.