Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 孝一郎, 恭一郎, 教一郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. KYO-EE-CHEE-RO [key] Meaning & History From the Japanese kanji 恭 (kyō) meaning "respect", 京 (kyō) meaning "capital city", 教 (kyō) meaning "teaching" combined with 一 (ichi) meaning "one" and d 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.