Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 策之助, 作之佑, 作之丞, 作之助, 咲之祐, 咲之輔, 咲之助, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SAH-KUU-NO-SKE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 策 (saku) meaning "plan; policy", 之 (no), a possessive marker combined with 助 (suke) meaning "assistance". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer was Sakunosuke Oda, a Japanese writer.