Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 作子, 朔子, 咲子, 佐玖子, 咲久子, 砂九子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SA-KOO-KO [key] Meaning & History From 作 (saku) meaning "make, production, prepare, build" or 咲 (saku) meaning "to bloom" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations can be used.