Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 湖冬, 香冬, 小冬, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KO-FUU-YUU [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 湖 (ko) meaning "lake", 香 (ko) meaning "fragrance" or 小 (ko) meaning "small, little" combined with 冬 (fuyu) "winter". Other combinations of kanji are possible.