Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 沙都里, 悟理, 咲藤李, 聡, 智凜, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SAH-TO-ṘEE [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 沙 (sa) meaning "sand", 都 (to) meaning "capital (city)" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.