Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 萌苺, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. MO-EE-CHEE-GO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 萌 (mo) meaning "bud, sprout" combined with 苺 (ichigo) meaning "strawberry". Other kanji combinations are possible.Famous bearer of this name is Japanese author Moichigo Iritani.