Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 愛々, 芽々, 海々, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. ME-ME [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 愛 (me) meaning "love, affection", 芽 (me) meaning "bud, sprout, shoot" or 海 (me) meaning "sea, ocean" combined with 々, a phonetic character indicting a duplication of the beginning kanji. Other kanji combinations are possible.