Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 清萌, 浄萌, etc.(Japanese Kanji) きよめ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. KEE-YO-ME [key] Meaning & History As a vocabulary word it can be spelled as 清め or 浄め meaning "purification". As a name, it can be from 清 or 浄 (kiyo) meaning "purify, clean, Manchu dynasty, exorcise, cleanse" and 萌 (me) meaning "sprout".