Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 小堤, 木積(Japanese Kanji) こつみ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. KO-TSOO-MEE [key] Meaning & History From the Japanese kanji 小 (ko) meaning "small" or 木 (ko) meaning "wood" combined with 堤 (tsumi) meaning "embankment" or 積 (tsumi) meaning "product". Other kanji combinations can be possible as well.