Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts おりこ(Japanese Hiragana) 織子, 織莉子, 央織子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. O-REE-KO [key] Meaning & History From 織 (ori) meaning "fabric, cloth, weaving" and 子 (ko) meaning "child, sign of the rat, first sign of the Chinese zodiac". Other kanji combinations are possible.As a vocabulary word, 織り子 (oriko) means "weaver".