Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts しまこ(Japanese Hiragana) 縞子, 志麻子, 志摩子, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SHEE-MAH-KO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 縞 (shima) meaning "stripe" or from 志 (shi) "purpose, will, determination, aspiration, ambition" and 麻 (ma) meaning "flax", that is then combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.