Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 重千代, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SHEE-GE-CHEE-YO [key] Meaning & History From 繁 (shige) meaning "flourishing, luxuriant" or 成 (shige, naru) meaning "become", combined with 千 (chi, sen) meaning "thousand" and 代 (yo) meaning "world". Other kanji combinations can be used.