Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 輝鳥, 生鳥, 希鳥, 貴鳥, etc.(Japanese Kanji) キトリ(Japanese Katakana) Pronounced Pron. KEE-TO-REE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 輝 (ki) meaning "brightness", 生 (ki) meaning "living", 希 (ki) meaning "hope", or 貴 (ki) meaning "expensive", combined with 鳥 (tori) meaning "bird". Other kanji combinations are possible.