Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese (Rare) Scripts 心美, 心己, 湖美(Japanese Kanji) ここみ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ko̞.ko̞.mʲi/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 心 (koko) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" or 湖 (ko) meaning "lake" combined with 美 (mi) meaning "beauty, beautiful" or 己 (mi) meaning "itself, oneself". Other character combinations are possible.