Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 果子, 郁子, 伽子, 嘉子, 賀子, 雅子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KAH-KO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 禾 (ka) meaning "cereal, grain, rice plant", 化 (ka) meaning "to influence to change" or 可 (ka) meaning "can, do not, mustn't, should not, passable" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.